Well there is far more research done on this subject than I thought there would be. In my boiled down view of the subject (after reading more info than I thought I would) I would have to say that there is a connection and that it makes sense that less children born into bad or un-wanting families would cause a drop in children that were raised poorly and would be more likely to commit crimes.

This is a bit of a tangent but, I honestly think many pro-life activists do not understand the lasting effects of their actions. Encouraging a pregnant woman to have a baby without understanding the situation that baby will be born into is irresponsible and unless they are going to be there to help raise the baby too they shouldn’t try and sway a woman’s decision. Encouraging someone to have their baby because they think abortion is murder is noble but that same person should take some of the responsibility for the baby they, thru their convincing activism, just saved from death and are now just as big a part of the baby’s existence as the father (father gave mom the seed and the activist convinced mom to grow it). But where does that activist go to after the baby is born? On to the next pregnant woman while the new mom is dealing with all the problems she knew she would (and probably more) without the support and encouragement from their activist that was so critical during pregnancy. Pro-life activists are worse than dead-beat dads if they are not helping raise the children they stopped from being aborted. At least the court can go after the dead-beat dad for child support, a pro-life activist can run around making unwanted babies without any consequence or taking any responsibility.