To: Solon who wrote (17092 ) 6/19/2001 12:45:36 AM From: Dayuhan Read Replies (2) | Respond to Correlation does not automatically indicate causation, and the fact that countries where abortion is legal tend to have lower abortion rates than countries where abortion is legal does not necessarily mean that the lower abortion rate was caused by the legalization of abortion. My own guess is that a close look at the countries involved would reveal that societies with a liberal attitude toward abortion are also likely to make contraception widely available and to stress sex education, and that the lower abortion rates are more closely related to these phenomena. It is pretty hard to argue against the idea that the combination of education and universal availability of contraceptives is an effective way to reduce abortion rates.
