Post hoc, ergo propter hoc
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In Romania, abortion was illegal under two decades of rule by the dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, and the country enjoyed one of the lowest breast cancer rates in the entire world during that time, far lower than comparable Western countries."<ref>http://www.conservapedia.com/Abortion</ref> Just because the breast cancer rate went down does not mean that the illegality of abortions caused it. | In Romania, abortion was illegal under two decades of rule by the dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, and the country enjoyed one of the lowest breast cancer rates in the entire world during that time, far lower than comparable Western countries."<ref>http://www.conservapedia.com/Abortion</ref> Just because the breast cancer rate went down does not mean that the illegality of abortions caused it. | ||
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"Post hoc, ergo propter hoc" is a Latin phrase for "after this, so because of this." The term refers to a rhetorical fallacy that because two events occurred in succession, the former event caused the latter event.[1][2]
An example is the following statement: In Romania, abortion was illegal under two decades of rule by the dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, and the country enjoyed one of the lowest breast cancer rates in the entire world during that time, far lower than comparable Western countries."[3] Just because the breast cancer rate went down does not mean that the illegality of abortions caused it.
References
- ↑ Glenn, Cheryl; Loretta Gray. Hodges' Harbrace Handbook. 16th ed. Thomson: Boston, 2007: p. 480.
- ↑ http://rucus.ru.ac.za/~urban/docs/baloney.html
- ↑ http://www.conservapedia.com/Abortion
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