Economists: Abortion Didn't Decrease Crime, UK Stats Show Increase

by Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com Editor
April 10, 2008

London, England (LifeNews.com) -- A trio of economists have released the results of a new study disproving the supposed link between the legalization of abortion and a reduction in crime. John Donohue and Steven Levitt first introduced the repeatedly-criticized theory in 2001 and another report shows it's untrue.

Three economists -- Cal State University economics professor Leo Kahane, Nottingham University Business School professor David Paton and Rob Simmons of Lancaster University -- review the hypothesis using both American and British data.

The three focused on England because abortions have been legal there longer (1969 versus 1973 for the United States) and because the British health system requires all abortions be reported to the government, unlike in the U.S. the rest