More human beings died in abortions than any other cause of death in 2021.
A heartbreaking reminder about the prevalence of abortion, statistics compiled by Worldometers indicate that there were over 42.6 million abortions world-wide in 2021. The independent site collects data from governments and other reputable organizations and then reports the data, along with estimates and projections, based on those numbers. It reveals 42,640,209 people died from abortions in 2021.
When contrasting the abortion numbers to other causes of death, including cancer, HIV/AIDS, traffic accidents and suicide, abortions far outnumbered every other cause.
With 58.7 million people dying last year from a cause other than abortion, that means abortions accounted for 42% of every death around the world last year.
And when compared to COVID, the number of people dying from abortions dwarfs the number of COVID deaths. Worldomters indicates that approximately 3.5 million people died from COVID worldwide in 2021. There is considerable question as to whether those figures are accurate, as the CDC and state figures in the United States indicate a sizable percentage of deaths from COVID aren’t actually directly resulted from the virus itself, but are of people who had the virus at the time they died from some other cause.
But assuming the figures are accurate, and not adjusting for overcounting, abortion is 12.17 times more deadly than COVID.
Sadly, the Worldometers death count for 2021 does not include the deaths of unborn babies.
Unborn babies are not recognized as human beings even though biology indicates that they are unique, living human beings from the moment of conception and they die brutal, violent deaths in abortions.
The abortion number is incomprehensible, but each of those 45.6 million abortions worldwide in 2021 represents a living human being whose life was violently destroyed in their mother’s womb. Each unborn baby already had their own unique DNA, making them distinct from their mother. That DNA indicated if the child was a boy or girl, their eye and hair color, their height, possible genetic disorders and other disabilities, and much more. In most cases, the unborn babies’ hearts are beating when they are aborted, too.
In America, just under 1 million babies are aborted every year. Though abortion rates have been dropping in the past decade, abortion remains the leading cause of death in the United States as well.
An estimated 63 million unborn babies have been killed in abortions in the U.S. since Roe v. Wade in 1973. In January, pro-life advocates will gather for the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C. to remember the anniversary of that infamous decision and call for restored protections for the unborn.
HD Editor’s Note: Why Is This News Biblically Relevant?
As previously reported by Harbingers Daily, Abortion was also the leading cause of death worldwide in 2019 and 2020.
Lila Rose, Founder and President of the pro-life organization LIVE ACTION, stated that “abortion is a uniquely serious and urgent crisis.”
“It’s the legalized killing of the most vulnerable,” she maintained. “It’s the leading cause of death in America. It is responsible for more bloodshed than anything else. Stopping the incessant bloodshed should be our top political and social focus.”
Although Worldometers sought to dehumanize unborn children by excluding abortion from its numbers on global deaths, the Bible is clear that there is precious life in the womb, and it is murder to snuff that life out.
The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association on the issue of Abortion writes:
Throughout God’s Word, it’s clear that human life is precious to Him. More than ever, we need Biblical answers to questions regarding abortion and the sanctity of life.
Billy Graham once said, “I know it’s common today to think of abortion as a simple answer to an inconvenient problem—but it is actually a far more serious issue. Your child isn’t simply a mass of tissue; he or she is a human being in God’s eyes.”
The Bible, states that in the time prior to Jesus’ return, there will be a “loss of natural affection in society (2 Timothy 3:3). Sadly, we have seen that the collective conscience of our society has been seared.
Generations of women have, through Biblical ignorance, been convinced by our increasingly secular world that such evil is acceptable. The only resolution to these things is found in Jesus Christ.
Ray Comfort in his article, “Abortion Conversations Should Lead to the Cross,” wrote:
While we must address the evil of abortion, we should always keep in mind that it is only one symptom of a generation that has become godless. It is a branch, not the root. Our agenda as Christians isn’t moral reformation, but to see sinners saved from the Day of Judgment through the righteousness of Jesus. He saves us from wrath to come (see 1 Thessalonians 1:10). And the fruit of the Gospel will be that men and women forsake all evil.
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