After Roe versus Wade, conceptions rose by 30%, but births fell by 6%
Steven D Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, Freakonomics (New York: HarperCollins, 2005) 139
Perhaps the easy availability of abortion led to more couples taking risks and not using birth control. Half of the women who come in for abortions were not using contraception when they got pregnant.
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