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The Roe effect is a theory of how the court case Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion nationwide in the United States, affected the political leanings of Americans. The simple version states that, since those who favor abortion are much more likely to get one than those who oppose abortion, and since children often follow their parents' political leanings, that support for legal abortion will decline over time, simply because pro-abortion parents will have fewer children than they might otherwise have had. James Taranto of the Wall Street Journal named this theory and has discussed it extensively in his Opinionjournal.com column "Best of the Web Today." He cites statistics to support his case, like some that show that more present college-age students (mostly born after abortion's legalization) oppose abortion now than in earlier years. See also
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