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by mdeeks 369 days ago
Doesn't this study say that it had a very low impact?

> they led to a permanent reduction of approximately 8,000 births in the same year, and 145,000 fewer births since 1980

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The paper also estimates the number of children saved at 57 per year, so the safety impact is even lower
Let's call it 80 and you get a rate of 1:100 children saved per children not conceived. What would be a reasonable rate in your mind?
Car seat design has improved you can readily fit three car seats in most vehicles these days
This is a weirdly funny thread. How many theoretical children would you trade for 1 real child? All over a car seat that perhaps prevented 4,000 additional births a year?