For at least the fifth year in a row, abortion has become the leading cause of death worldwide, surpassing even infectious diseases, according to the British newspaper Christian Today.
The Worldometer database, which tracks health statistics, world population and other indicators in real time, annually determines the number of abortions performed worldwide. The latest Worldometer research, released on the eve of 2024, found that more than 44.6 million abortions were performed worldwide in 2023. The total number of abortions performed last year exceeds the total number of deaths due to the other major causes listed below.
The second leading cause of death worldwide for 2023 was infectious diseases, which killed more than 12.9 million people; more than 8.2 million of our planet's inhabitants died from cancer; more than 4.9 million deaths were caused by smoking; more than 2.4 million deaths were alcohol-related; more than 1.6 million people died from HIV/AIDS; more than 1.3 million people died in traffic accidents; and more than 1 million inhabitants of planet Earth committed suicide.
In addition, in 2023, seasonal influenza will kill more than 500,000 people; malaria will kill more than 390,000 people; more than 300,000 mothers will die in childbirth; and more than 7.5 million children under 5 years of age will kill themselves. died from unspecified diseases and causes. In 2023, hunger killed more than 17,000 people and more than 800,000 people died from diseases related to poor water quality.
According to Worldometer, the total number of human deaths in 2023 exceeds 60.6 million, not counting babies who died in the womb as a result of abortion. If abortions were included in the official statistics, the total number of human deaths last year would have exceeded 100 million, with abortions accounting for more than 40 percent.
Worldometer calculates that there will be about 44 million abortions worldwide in 2022; about 42.6 million abortions in 2021; more than 42.6 million in 2020; and 42.4 million in 2019.
In June 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, which guaranteed constitutional protection for the right to abortion at the federal level, ruling that "the U.S. Constitution does not grant a right to abortion." This decision led to the enactment of laws in a number of states across the country that greatly restricted or outright banned abortion procedures within their borders.
Pro-Life America, a non-profit pro-life lobbying organization named after the famous suffragette Susan B. Anthony, estimated that the pro-life laws passed in a year and a half after Roe v. Wade is overturned, including those currently not yet in effect due to legal challenges, would prevent 166,239 abortions per year.
According to the "Center for Reproductive Rights" (a pro-abortion advocacy organization headquartered in New York City), 35% of all women of reproductive age in the world live in the 77 countries where abortion is permitted at the woman's own request. These are mostly Western countries such as Canada, Australia, and almost all of Europe. 25% of women of reproductive age live in 12 countries where abortion is permitted for a wide range of socioeconomic reasons.
12% of women of childbearing age live in 47 countries where abortion is permitted to preserve a woman's physical health, and 22% live in 42 countries where abortion is permitted to save the life of the mother. 6% of women live in 22 countries where abortion is completely banned - most of these are located in Africa, the Middle East and Latin America.
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