Bennett Blasted for Referring to Economics of Liberal Abortion

Liberals and Democrats Support Abortion and Detest Crime So Why Are They Mad When Someone Discusses A Correlation In Data That Substantiates Progressive Rationale?

Democrats Demand Bennett Apology for Remark

WASHINGTON - Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and other Democrats on Thursday demanded that former Education Secretary William Bennett apologize for remarks on his radio program linking the crime rate and the abortion of black babies.

Bennett responded that the comments, made Wednesday on his "Morning in America" show, had been mischaracterized and that his point was that the idea of supporting abortion to reduce crime was "morally reprehensible."

The author of "The Book of Virtues," answering a caller's question, took issue with the hypothesis put forth in a recent book ["FREAKONOMICS"] that one reason crime is down is that abortion is up.

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