For anyone interested, the book Freakonomics had a chapter devoted to studying this as a factor that lead crime to drop from its peak in the early 90s US, approximately 20 years after Roe v Wade.

Kind of a provocative study and you could make a similar case for leaded gasoline and other factors but nevertheless interesting.

The study you’re speaking of (abortion lowering crime rates by preventing unwanted children from terrorizing the streets) remains unproven at best, despite oft being cited as settled research[0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legalized_abortion_and_crime_e...

Is this line of thinking materially different from being pro-death penalty?

Don't worry, we will have full pre-crime surveillance by then and you won't be able even think about farting without it being noted.

Looks at racial break-down of abortions. Rereads parent comment.

Bad generalization and prejudice right there. While whether someone is brought up in an environment that encourages care absolutely influences the choices people make down the road, whether the person in question was "wanted" does not matter. I can't exactly back that up with some solid data but i think that many people know someone who is far from being an "unwanted" person but still made some bad choices in life.