Carrie "Big Boo" Black and Tiffany "Pennsatucky" Doggett in “Unfinished Business”

You ever read a book called Freakonomics?

No. What's it about, bearded ladies and midgets?

Close. It's about economic theory, cause and effect.

Sounds boring.

Mmm. It's actually a pretty good read. They have this chapter in it, "Where Have All the Criminals Gone?"

Over there in that field.

[chuckles] You know, in the 1990s, crime fell spectacularly, and this book attributes that to the passing of Roe v. Wade.

The Darkness of '73.

The exact opposite, actually. I mean, the abortions that occurred after Roe v. Wade? These were children that weren't wanted. Children who, if their mothers had been forced to have them, would've grown up poor and neglected and abused, the three most important ingredients when one is making a felon. But they were never born. So, 20 years later, when they would've been of prime crime age, they weren't there. And the crime rate [scoffs] Dropped dramatically.

What's your point?

Well, my point is that you were a meth-head, white-trash piece of shit, and your children, had they been born, would have been meth-head, white-trash pieces of shit. So by terminating those pregnancies, you spared society the scourge of your offspring. I mean, when you think about it, it's a blessing.

Never thought about it that way.

Well, maybe you should, hmm? Maybe you should stop punishing yourself. I mean, what does a good mother do? A good mother does what's best for her children. And maybe what was best for your children was wipin' 'em out before they had to lead miserable fucking lives.