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I have seen the title Freakonomics<\/a> <\/em>mentioned, haven’t looked at it all, but Fr. Rob Merola<\/a>, of St. Matthew’s in Sterling Virginia<\/a>, has pointed me to a link that is worth reading<\/a> and discussing. It is by columnist named Orson Scott Card (a writer’s name if there ever was one), and among other items it discusses studies that correlate the drop in crime rate with abortion. Maybe some of you have read the book and have comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have seen the title Freakonomics mentioned, haven’t looked at it all, but Fr. Rob Merola, of St. Matthew’s in Sterling Virginia, has pointed me to a link that is worth reading and discussing. 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