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ABORTION IS LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH WORLDWIDE FOR FOURTH YEAR IN A ROW

Ryan Foley 05 January 2023 | 3:31 PM




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(CP) Statistics reveal that abortion was the leading cause of death worldwide
for the fourth year in a row, as the number of abortions nearly quadrupled the
number of deaths from infectious diseases in 2022.

Worldometer, a database that keeps track of statistics about health, the global
population and other metrics in real-time, continuously compiles information
about the number of abortions worldwide. The last available snapshot of the
Worldometer from 2022, captured on Dec. 31 by the internet archiving tool The
Wayback Machine, shows that more than 44 million abortions took place last year.

While Worldometer cites a fact sheet from the World Health Organization as the
source for its abortion statistics, the WHO maintains that "around 73 million
induced abortions take place worldwide each year." The global organization
characterizes abortion as an essential health service.

The second leading cause of death in 2022, as identified by the Worldometer, was
communicable diseases, causing nearly 13 million casualties. The deaths
attributed to infectious diseases, as well as the more than 8 million deaths
caused by cancer, the approximately 5 million fatalities triggered by smoking,
the roughly 2.5 million alcohol-related deaths and the nearly 2 million deaths
caused by AIDS this year combined add up to less than the number of lives lost
to abortion in 2022.

Additional leading causes of death identified by the Worldometer include road
traffic accident fatalities, which claimed more than 1 million lives last year,
and suicides, numbering slightly more than 1 million. Over 800,000 people lost
their lives due to water-related diseases last year, half a million people died
because of the seasonal flu, nearly 400,000 people died of malaria and around
300,000 women died during childbirth.

Deaths caused by the coronavirus pandemic, which have become the subject of much
media attention, were measured at 1,209,570 in a separate set of
statistics compiled by Worldometer. Worldometer identified the total number of
deaths worldwide in 2022 as just over 67 million. That figure does not include
the number of abortions, but if it did, the number of worldwide deaths in 2022
would exceed 100 million. The total world population at the end of 2022 came in
at slightly above 8 billion.

The number of abortions performed in 2022 constitutes a slight increase from the
approximately 44 million measured in 2021. Nearly 44 million abortions were
performed in 2020, and 42.4 million were performed in 2019. In all of those
years, abortions were the leading cause of death around the world.

Worldometer's abortion statistics reflect the fact that the United States
Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health
Organization decision determining that the U.S. Constitution does not contain a
"right" to abortion, was in effect for slightly more than half of the year.

Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, a pro-life advocacy group, has analyzed the
impact of pro-life laws that went into effect following the June 24 Dobbs
decision. Before the Dobbs ruling, the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision
establishing a right to abortion prevented states from restricting abortions
early in a pregnancy.

In 14 states that have implemented total or near-total abortion bans since the
Dobbs ruling, Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America estimates that 125,082 fewer
abortions have occurred as of Dec. 2. A 15-week abortion ban in Florida has
resulted in 3,805 fewer abortions.

Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America has listed the estimated impact of total or
near-total abortion bans currently on hold in seven states because of ongoing
litigation at 44,495 and the estimated effect of an Iowa law banning abortions
after six weeks gestation at 1,914. Overall, the pro-life advocacy group
estimates that the pro-life laws enacted by states following the Dobbs ruling
have impacted 175,296 abortions.

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