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If you believe the authors of "Freakanomics", there is a correlation that suggests causality between the sudden drop in crime, including murder rate, that occurred in the 1990's and the legalization of Abortion. They suggest that there may be a causality between unwanted pregnancy and raising a child that will engage in criminal behavior. This seems reasonable as poor parenting, resentful parenting and the inability to provide a stable home would likely increase both the tolerance and acceptance of antisocial behavior and the socioeconomic factors that lead to crime. Not that individual personality cannot lead to these behaviors or that good parents cannot produce bad offspring. However, with regard to large populations, and multifactoral causal processes the ability to chose to terminate a pregnancy may play a significant role in avoiding the environment that leads to criminal behavior.
With this in mind, is it more ethical or moral for Christian leaders to oppose abortion as evil to the individual or to support it as minimizing evil (ie, murder, violent crime etc) across society.
That be said, the same question can be posed regarding birth control especially in areas of the world where the use of it may lead to less suffering in children born in to starvation or less disease.
In otherwords, is microscopic or macroscopic evil worse?
With this in mind, is it more ethical or moral for Christian leaders to oppose abortion as evil to the individual or to support it as minimizing evil (ie, murder, violent crime etc) across society.
That be said, the same question can be posed regarding birth control especially in areas of the world where the use of it may lead to less suffering in children born in to starvation or less disease.
In otherwords, is microscopic or macroscopic evil worse?