The Roe Effect

The right to abortion has diminished the number of Democratic voters.

James Taranto of The Wall Street Journal and author of "Best of the Web" argues again in this essay for his theory of abortion demographics which he calls "The Roe Effect."

If you assume that children tend to get their values from their parents, and if you also assume that pro-choice women are more likely to end a pregnancy than pro-life women, then you logically come to the conclusion that legal abortion will tend to result in fewer Democrats and more Republicans being born over time. And in fact there seems to be supporting evidence for this theory. We can see the change in state populations where red states are picking up population and thus more electoral votes, while blue states are losing both population and electoral votes.