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It's quite possible that abortion does indeed lead to less crime. What are the root causes of crime? Generally, the root causes are seen as being socio-economic in nature. There is no doubt that environment can lead to criminality on an individual basis. For example, children that have been abused are far more likely to engage in certain kinds of criminality than non-abused chuildren are (abused kids do abuse their children at a higher rate than non-abused children do). Logically, less abused children (regardless of the reason) leads to less abuse in the future. If children at a high risk of being abused are not born, then you'd see a reduction in the future levels of child abuse, at least in theory.
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