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The document summarizes an article by economists Steven Levitt and John Donohue that analyzed the impact of legalized abortion on crime rates in the United States. The article found that legalizing abortion in the 1970s directly contributed to a drop in crime rates starting in the 1990s, as there was a 15-20 year delay between increased abortion rates and fewer children being born into challenging situations that could lead to criminal behavior. The study used the natural experiment of different states lega

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