Abortion and Crime, Revisited (Update)
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With abortion on the Nov. 5 ballot, we look back at Steve Levitt’s controversial research about an unintended consequence of Roe v. Wade.

• SOURCES:

• John Donohue), professor of law at Stanford Law School.

• Steve Levitt), professor emeritus of economics at the University of Chicago and host of People I (Mostly) Admire.

• Jessica Wolpaw Reyes), professor of economics at Amherst College.

• RESOURCES:

• “The Impact of Legalized Abortion on Crime Over the Last Two Decades),” by John J. Donohue and Steven D. Levitt (The National Bureau of Economic Research, 2019).

• “The Demise of the Death Penalty in Connecticut),” by John J. Donohue (Stanford Law School Legal Aggregate, 2016).

• “Environmental Policy as Social Policy? The Impact of Childhood Lead Exposure on Crime),” by Jessica Wolpaw Reyes (The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2007).

• “The Impact of Legalized Abortion on Crime),” by John J. Donohue and Steven D. Levitt (The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2001).

• “State Abortion Rates: The Impact of Policies, Providers, Politics, Demographics, and Economic Environment),” by Rebecca M. Blank, Christine C. George, and Rebecca A. London (The National Bureau of Economic Research, 1994).

• EXTRAS:

• "John Donohue: 'I’m Frequently Called a Treasonous Enemy of the Constitution,')" by *People I (Mostly) Admire *(2021).