Quote Originally Posted by overgrowthegovt
But see, it's wrong for people to force their values on others if it pertains to something that harms nobody else....drug use, prostitution, and other victimless crimes should not be prohibited because that is, as you say, an unjust imposition of values. However, if the action in question does harm to somebody else, it is and should be criminal....we should be allowed to hurt ourselves, but not to go out and shoot somebody. Fetuses are not given the respect they deserve as a living human being that ought to be protected from arbitrary murder. I suppose murder laws are a case of values being unjustly pushed too, eh?
Crime rates went down a lot in the 1990's, some 15-20 years after Roe vs. Wade was passed, and many people believe it was because there were less unwanted children being born who were likely to become criminals. This is one of many cases for keeping abortion legal.

New York City is safer than it's been since the 1950's.