More than 42 Million Abortions Performed in 2019 Making it Leading Cause of Death Globally

Abortion was the leading cause of death globally in 2019, with more than 42 million life-ending procedures completed, according to statistics compiled by Worldometers. The number of worldwide abortions is equivalent to the combined populations of America’s 31 largest cities, according to U.S. Census data listed on the World Population Review website.

Using the data, LifeNews reported an estimated 42.3 million deaths were attributed to abortion. By comparison, 8.2 million people died from cancer in 2019, 5 million from smoking, 13 million from disease, and 1.7 million died of HIV/AIDS, for a combined total of 27.9 million deaths.

Worldometer’s compilation of data found there were 58.6 million deaths last year attributed to violence, disease and natural causes, but not abortion since those figures are not included mortality rates.

“The abortion number is incomprehensible, but each of those 42 million abortions represents a living human being whose life was violently destroyed in their mother’s womb,” authors Steven Ertelt and Micaiah Bilger wrote in their LifeNews article. 

“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’…