Originally published by The Christian Institute
More than 42 million abortions took place around the world last year – the single largest cause of death in 2019.
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Numbers compiled by independent statisticians reveal that over the past 12 months, 58.6 million people died from all other causes, leaving abortions responsible for around 42% of all deaths.
The Worldometer organisation revealed that in comparison, deaths due to all illness, including cancer, accounted for around 21.2 million deaths – half that of abortion.
‘Heartbreaking’
It is estimated that over a million abortions have taken place already in 2020 worldwide.
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In England and Wales, abortion figures were at their highest in the last 10 years in 2018, when more than 205 000 abortions took place. This is equivalent to almost one in four pregnancies ending in abortion.
Catherine Robinson, a spokeswoman for Right to Life UK said: “It is heartbreaking that a mother’s womb, which should be one of the safest places for any person, is one of the most dangerous places to be.
“In 2020, and beyond, we will be calling on the Government to urgently bring forward increased support for women with unplanned pregnancies to reduce the tragic number of abortions that happen each year.”
Planned Parenthood
In the US, abortion giant Planned Parenthood revealed in its latest annual report that it performed over 345 000 abortions between October 2017 and September 2018.
This does not include the almost 600 000 “emergency contraception kits”. Such drugs are often abortifacients, meaning they can cause an abortion if a woman is already pregnant.
The organisation, which received over $616 million (R8.9 billion) in US federal funding over that period, referred just 4 379 women for adoption services.
This is shockingly tragic – 42 million murders of innocent human lives. Let’s use an objective scientific argument to stop abortion on demand in SA.
1) DNA determines that the foetus is a human being, with its own unique identity.
2) DNA of a foetus is not identical to either parent, so the law that regards him/her as part of the mother’s body, over which the mother has total control, is invalid.
3) Therefore, on the basis of DNA, to kill (abort) the unborn baby is legally murder.
I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live. Deuteronomy 30:19
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. Jeremiah 1:5
In certain ‘Christian’ countries it is legal to abort (murder) a baby even up to a week before birth.
As followers of Christ we should no longer allow intimidation and political correctness to silence us. We should be speaking Truth in our ordinary conversations, breaking the silence and impression that “everyone thinks this is okay”. Help me Holy Spirit.