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Re:Think Like a Statistician – Without the Math by Practicality on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @09:22AM (#10744376)
Does non-aborted kids mean something I am not aware of? I mean, every child who is born would be non-aborted, right?
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Re:Think Like a Statistician – Without the Math by stdbrouw on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @09:42AM (#10744499)
It refers to research, heavily publicized by Freakonomics, which claims that the reduction in crime rates in the US is not because of police interventions etc. but because more people are having abortions and abortions are legal in more states and so fewer people are born in dysfunctional environments that tend to produce more criminal behavior.
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Re:Think Like a Statistician – Without the Math by ianamartin on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @10:11AM (#10744682)
He's referencing the book Freakonomics. One thesis there is that higher abortion rates lead to lower crime rates.
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