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Abortion


Abortion — Just Facts Opens in new window
  • Extensive collection of short, documented facts on scientific, constitutional, political, and other aspects of the abortion debate

Abortion — Public Agenda Issue Guide Opens in new window
  • Pro and con arguments, non-partisan facts, etc.

Abortion Facts : Pro-Life site with school reports information, statistics, charts, graphs, etc. Opens in new window
  • Abortion arguments, survivors, abortionists, adoption, Bible, contraceptives, effects, help, history, legal arguments, partial birth abortion, prenatal development, techniques, ultrasounds, violence, etc.

Abortion Rights / Reproductive Issues — National Organization for Women Opens in new window
  • Abortion rights, reproductive issues, arguments, actions, information, news, etc.

U.S. Abortion Law Development 1967-2001 : a Brief Overview Opens in new window
 



Abortion and Crime


Did Legalized Abortion Lower Crime? (1.4 MB PDF) Opens in new window
  • Paper that finds "little consistent evidence that the legalization of abortion in selected states around 1970, and then in the remaining states following Roe v. Wade, had an effect on recent crime rates."

Did Legalizing Abortion Cut Crime? Opens in new window
  • Article that criticizes the hypothesis in Freaknomics that legalizing abortion in the U.S. in the 1970s resulted in less crime 2 decades later



Abortion Public Opinion


Public Opinion on Abortion and Other Social Issues — Pew Research Center Opens in new window
 


This page last updated September 17, 2009 by Web Team

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