History lesson. The United States of America had a massive crime drop back in the 1990s. And one of the biggest contributor to the decline is not effective policing techniques, harsher incarceration policies, or a stabilizing economy. It might come as a surprise but the answer is a rather simple but logical one; a young woman named Norma McCorvey wanted an abortion. The court ruled in favor of McCorvey, on January 22, 1973, allowing abortion to be legalized throughout the US. This case triggered a series of events that would completely alter the face of the nation 20 years later.
Economist Steven Levitt wrote; “Decades of studies have shown that a child born into an adverse family environment is far more likely than other children to become criminal. And the millions of women most likely to have an abortion in the wake of [the McCorvey case] – poor, unmarried, and teenage mothers for whom illegal abortions had been too expensive or too hard to get – were often models of adversity. They were the very women whose children, if born, would have been much more likely than average to become criminals. But because of [the McCorvey case], these children weren’t being born.”
I’m not saying we should legalize abortion; that is probably the most stupid decision our country will make (as if we haven’t made myriads of them). All I’m saying is that, it’s about time for us to look at the economy-population correlation in a different perspective. A lot of children are suffering because they were brought up into the world by parents incapable of feeding themselves, let alone raising up a kid. You don’t need to a diploma in Economics or Political Science to solve a very simple equation; lack of finances = suffering = desperation = crime = more suffering. And we don’t even have to kill the unborn children to stop this vicious cycle. Prevention is the answer.
Oh and one more thing, to the religious leaders oppossing the RH Bill, please pay your taxes. Mahigit 5000 ang binabawas sa suweldo namin every month, maki share naman kayo. Pare pareho naman tayong nakatira sa iisang bahay eh. Peace out! (“,)