Levitt stating the correlation on crime and abortion. He brings up a case study on a communist dictator of Romania, named Nicolae Ceausescu; this man made abortion illegal. His goal was to increase Romania's population in order to improve the nation. But, abortion rates were already at an all time high with four abortions for every live birth. Giving it one year after passing the ban, Romania’s birth rate had increased drastically. If a child was born after the abortion ban, they were considered to live unhappy lives and develop into criminals. The ban on abortion sustained until Nicolae was captured and killed by protestors. This event is then compared to U.S. crime rate. The crime rate began to significantly fall during the early 1990’s, and experts wanted an explanation for the drastic decrease. …show more content…
He then moves into detail on the effect of the slow-aging population from legalizing abortion. Abortion was legalized through the Roe V. Wade case. By 1980, over a million women in America had an abortion. There were actually certain types of women who took advantage of the type of the new law; these women were referred to be young, poor, unmarried, etc. Unlike the case in Romania, these babies were fifty percent more inclined to live in destitution and become criminals. It is then stated that legalized abortion definitely had a big effect on the crime rate. This chapter shows how humans rely on things they can direct, rather than believe in something they cannot