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A caller to Bill Bennett's radio show was making an economic argument for banning abortion, and Bennett replied that it was perilous to rely on social science to resolve the moral question.(The Week)(Brief Article)

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* A caller to Bill Bennett's radio show was making an economic argument for banning abortion, and Bennett replied that it was perilous to rely on social science to resolve the moral question. Aborting all black babies would reduce the crime rate, he said, but would still be grossly immoral. Assuming Bennett was speaking of per capita crime rates, his claim that aborting black babies would reduce them is nearly incontrovertible. It is sadly true that blacks commit a disproportionate amount of crime. Predictably, Bennett has been made out to be a cross burner. Senator Kennedy denounced Bennett's ...

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