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384. Abortion and Crime, Revisited

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Are You Trying to Eliminate Unwanted Pregnancies?

Levitt and Donahue: Unwanted pregnancies have been falling in the US. After teenage pregnancies, the vast majority of which are unplanned, they say. They ask what might happen to crime if or as abortion becomes less accessible. The authors conclude that their study unambiguously suggests there will be an impact on crime in the future.

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