Yeah, I think that even though the Freakonomics study is about abortion, it definitely supports free birth control across the board. Actually, I would think that it would totally support the anti-abortion crowd getting behind contraception. Contraception would not only reduce poverty, but reduce abortions as well. Win-win.
-Cameron On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 7:49 PM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com>wrote: > My rant was not directed against you Cam, you can be quire reasonable and > actually use logic regularly. I am sure the guilty parties can identfiy > themselves. But the freakonomics study you refer to is quite intersting, > equating the drop in crime ove the last 15-20 years to the liberalization > of abortion laws. That's the cool thing about behavioral economics in > general what it find out quite frequently totally shoots down myths > treasured by the left and right. Classic examples are behavioral traps > (where short term gains have very negative long term consequen > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:348166 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
