Is it true that abortion affects crime/economy?

[Battista Minola 1616]

Steven Levitt in a 2005 NPR interview:

So, my own view, when we [did] the study and it hasn't changed is that: our study shouldn't change anybody's opinion about whether abortion should be legal and easily available or not. It's really a study about crime, not abortion.

We can debate whether the Donohue-Levitt hypothesis is scientifically sound or not, however.

[Battista Minola 1616]

Of course a thread about whether the Donohue-Levitt hypothesis holds or not becomes a space for pro-something boilerplate.