Over 41 million abortions estimated in 2018, making ‘choice’ world’s leading cause of death

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Over 41 million abortions estimated in 2018, making ‘choice’ world’s leading cause of death

January 2, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – Abortions dwarfed every other cause of death worldwide at more than 41 million in 2018, according to the statistics tracking service Worldometers.

Worldometers tracks and estimates statistics in real time on a wide variety of subjects, based on data from sources such as the United Nations, World Health Organization (WHO), International Monetary Fund (IMF), and more. It boasts recognition and citations from a wide variety of media outlets and academic works, as well as the endorsement of the American Library Association.

On December 31, a number of media outlets including Breitbart reported that as of the end of the year, Worldometers’ statistics page for abortion showed that more than 41 million induced abortions (as distinguished from “spontaneous abortions,” better known as miscarriages) had taken place globally in 2018.

That estimate would represent a substantial decrease from the WHO’s estimate of 56 million worldwide abortions every year from 2010 to 2014, though Abort73’s Michael Spielman warnsthat the WHO relies on estimates from the pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute, which he argues used questionable methodology to compensate for many countries’ complete lack of actual data.

“[O]f the 56.3 million global abortions Guttmacher estimates annually, no more than 10% can be officially accounted for and only 23% have any basis in empirical evidence,” Spielman writes. “The other 77% are assumed based upon a complex statistical model that estimates” a variety of factors. Most significantly, Guttmacher “assume a constant abortion rate that is unaffected by the legality of abortion,” potentially to sway the findings in favor of the abortion lobby’s claim that pro-life laws are ineffective.

Regardless, Breitbart notes that Worldometers’ estimate makes legal abortion deadlier than “cancer, malaria, HIV/AIDS, smoking, alcohol, and traffic accidents combined.” 2018 saw 8.2 million deaths from cancer, 5 million from smoking, and 1.7 million from HIV/AIDS.

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Idolatry is not just graven images and statues....but it is of the heart also.

People idolize their career and money which leads to contraceptives.



Jeremiah 1:5:
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

Isaiah 44:2:
Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.

Genesis 20:18:
For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.

Genesis 29:31:
And when the LORD saw that Leah [was] hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel [was] barren.
 
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Of grown people too,
not just babies...

Peter C Gøtzsche: Prescription drugs are the third leading cause of death - The BMJ

"Peter C Gøtzsche: Prescription drugs are the third leading cause of death
June 16, 2016

Peter_GoetscheOur prescription drugs are the third leading cause of death after heart disease and cancer (1). Based on the best research I could find, I have estimated that psychiatric drugs alone are also the third major killer (2), mainly because antidepressants kill many elderly people through falls (3). This tells us that the system we have for researching, approving, marketing, and using drugs is totally broken (1,2).

What makes this particularly absurd is that the vast majority of the deaths can easily be prevented."
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(SEE BIBLIOGRAPHY at LINK/URL above)
 
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What a load of rot. Abortions mostly occur within the 1st trimester and before the ZEF is anything other than either cells or vaguely human. Some abortions occur for a number of reasons during the 2nd trimester and a few for health reasons in the third.

Time for men to stop deciding what women can do with their bodies.
 
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What a load of rot. Abortions mostly occur within the 1st trimester and before the ZEF is anything other than either cells or vaguely human. Some abortions occur for a number of reasons during the 2nd trimester and a few for health reasons in the third.

Time for men to stop deciding what women can do with their bodies.
Huh? The article makes a distinction between miscarriage and elective on demand abortions.

Also can you point out in the development of a human being the point where they are not human?

Please use science.
 
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I am against abortion beyond the twentieth week except in very rare extreme circumstances.. Otherwise I believe that abortion should be legal, it should be safe, it should be available and it should be the woman’s informed choice but most important of all --- it should be rare. In conclusion, we should always keep in mind that there are no more powerful abortifacients in the world than poverty and ignorance and the desperation that these two can lead to.

There are proven ways to reduce abortion rates but sadly the "pro-life" people do not seem to be at all interested. In fact, they have in some cases espoused initiatives which actually increase abortion rates and maternal deaths.
 
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There are proven ways to reduce abortion rates but sadly the "pro-life" people do not seem to be at all interested. In fact, they have in some cases espoused initiatives which actually increase abortion rates and maternal deaths.
Oh do tell us the details.
 
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Over 41 million abortions estimated in 2018, making ‘choice’ world’s leading cause of death

January 2, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – Abortions dwarfed every other cause of death worldwide at more than 41 million in 2018, according to the statistics tracking service Worldometers.

I've always been curious one what the number really was. I've recently been curious about thinking about abortion in terms of population loss, though I don't have the time to dig around too much for the numbers. I mean, that's 41 million minds that won't be here to contribute to humanity's well being. What does that cost in terms of lost contributions to humanity? This is an immeasurable question, but it seems the costs are heavy and non-linear.

I'm reminded of the old parable, that I'm inadequately paraphrasing, about a man who's wife died of cancer, and so he questioned God about why he allowed cancer to exist and take her life. God replies that he sent the cure, but she was murdered in the womb.
 
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I've always been curious one what the number really was. I've recently been curious about thinking about abortion in terms of population loss, though I don't have the time to dig around too much for the numbers. I mean, that's 41 million minds that won't be here to contribute to humanity's well being. What does that cost in terms of lost contributions to humanity? This is an immeasurable question, but it seems the costs are heavy and non-linear.

I'm reminded of the old parable, that I'm inadequately paraphrasing, about a man who's wife died of cancer, and so he questioned God about why he allowed cancer to exist and take her life. God replies that he sent the cure, but she was murdered in the womb.

Rot and nonsense.
 
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