Worldwide Birth Rates are So Critically Low, Abortion Bans Make Sense

In 2021, the last year for which data is reasonably complete, about 68 million people in the world died from disease, accidents, violence, and old age. The same year, according to the World Health Organization, about 73 million lives were lost from another cause: Medically induced abortions.Assuming an aborted fetus is a person — a hot debate between pro-choice and pro-life advocates — this means that abortion is not only the leading cause of death worldwide, but greater than all other causes co