Controversial idea of the day: Was legalising abortion responsible for falling crime rates 18 years later? Two professors claim to have found a causal link; namely that abortion reduces the number of children born in poverty, who are most likely to turn to crime as they grow up. This report has raised hackles on both sides; not only of the usual religious demagogues but also of left-liberal types who argue that such views may justify eugenics against the poor.

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