384. Abortion and Crime, Revisited

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🗓️ 11 July 2019

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The controversial theory linking Roe v. Wade to a massive crime drop is back in the spotlight as several states introduce abortion restrictions. Steve Levitt and John Donohue discuss their original research, the challenges to its legitimacy, and their updated analysis. Also: what this means for abortion policy, crime policy, and having intelligent conversations about contentious topics.

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0:00.0	Hey there, Steven Dubner.
0:05.6	The episode you are about to hear features are relatively rare, appearance by my Frekenomics
0:09.9	friend and co-author, Steve Levin.
0:12.2	If you want more Levin, mark your calendar.
0:14.4	On September 26th in Chicago, he'll be joining me for a Frekenomics Radio Live event on
0:20.1	the state of counterterrorism and international risk management.
0:23.9	The details go to Frekenomics.com slash live.
0:33.1	When you think about unintended consequences, when you think about two stories that would
0:36.7	seem to have nothing to do with each other, it is hard to beat the stories we are telling
0:41.2	today.
0:42.4	The first one, if you follow the news even a little bit, should be familiar to you, it
0:47.1	concerns one of the most contentious issues of the day.
0:50.6	New developments in the escalating battle over abortion.
0:53.5	The last clinic in Missouri on the verge of closing today.
0:57.0	The battle goes back at least to 1973, when the US Supreme Court took up a case called
1:01.8	Roe vs. Wade.
1:03.3	The Supreme Court today ruled that abortion is completely a private matter to be decided
1:08.0	by mother and doctor in the first three months of pregnant states.
1:12.2	A few years before Roe v Wade, abortion had been legalized in five states, including
1:16.9	New York and California.
1:18.8	The Supreme Court made it legal in all 50 states, but lately several states have been pushing
1:23.8	back.
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