Roe Vs Wade Role Model

Crime Reduction Courtesy of Roe V. Wade We have all heard the narrative before. That one where little Michael from down the street, oh he’s so sweet that Michael, is growing up with a no-show single parent. Raised by a parent that had a child way too soon, who can’t possibly afford to support a child and, behind closed doors, allow a fleeting thought to encapsulate their mind that maybe their lives would be better off had Michael never been born. Nonetheless, Michael’s life goes on and this idea of not having Michael around looms larger on the mind of his parent. The frustration of not being able to pay the bills and put food on the table rears its head. Michael finds himself being neglected and abused by a shadow of a man who reeks of …show more content…
As a kid born in 1998, I possess only vague memories of 90s pop culture as it faded out in the early 2000s. However, I am still a direct product of the Roe V. Wade abortion case. My role models, including both of my older siblings, shaped my personal culture and set the standard for me as I so desperately wanted to grow up to be just like them. Had the criminally predisposed not been “weeded out” as Robert J. Barro describes in his article, my role models may have lead me astray and into a life completely unfathomable by my current state of mind. This hypothesis is easily scoffed at and appears to be an off the wall idea that only makes sense because it is littered with lurking variables. However, accounting for variables and comparing Roe V. Wade’s impact to other theories we actually see the opposite. Many theories have been offered, by academics and non academics alike, as to why America witnessed this significant drop in crime rates. The most commonly accredited and accepted included: more cops with increasingly innovative policing, the jumpstart of a strong economy, and the diminishing cocaine industry which flourished in the 1980s (Donohue and Levitt “The Impact of Legal Abortion on Crime 380). These all seem completely plausible and the probable causes of a decline in crime. We …show more content…
Of course it’s easy to say what we think would work and be able to back it relentlessly, we’re not the ones doing the research or the implementing of the idea. We just protect our precious thought like newborn baby, because, after all, there is a little voice of arrogance in each and every one of us telling us we are the best. However, compensation for variables, as done by Steven Levitt and his colleagues, shows that many of the common causes of crime reduction that we often cite are easily disputed and many even link back to abortion. The hypothesis’ greatest doubter, Theodore Joyce, doesn’t even dispute that there is a definite link between abortion and crime (Dubner and Levitt 31). Joyce even goes as far to say, “The general finding is that children from unwanted pregnancies do worse in school, have less stable employment, and more mental health problems as teens and young adults than their counterparts who were wanted from conceptions” (Joyce 7). While we may never find the true cause of what made crime drop so suddenly and convincingly, legalized abortion offers a just as strong, if not stronger, argument, an argument that cannot be ignored. While many may not attribute our nation’s plight with crime to that pivotal court case back in 1973, I, and many scholars, do and I will forever be thankful for its impact on this great nation. Even if it will never be

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