Title: Abortion, not Covid-19, was leading cause of deaths in 2020?
Headings: Abortion, not Covid-19, was leading cause of deaths in 2020?
Abortion, not Covid-19, was leading cause of deaths in 2020?
Content: Thomas Williams, PhD filed a report on Breitbart News on Jan. 2, 2021, headlined, “Abortion was the leading global cause of death in 2020 with 42.7 million killed.” He wrote: “ Abortion was once again the No. 1 cause of death globally in 2020, with a record 42.7 million unborn babies killed in the womb, according to data provided by Worldometer. “As of Dec. 31, 2020, there were 42.7 million abortions performed in the course of the year, Worldometer revealed, while 8.2 million people died from cancer, 5 million from smoking and 1.7 million of HIV/AIDS (human immunodeficiency virus/ acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). “By comparison, worldwide deaths from the coronavirus in 2020 totaled 1.8 million, according to Johns Hopkins University.” Worldometer — voted one of the best free reference websites by the American Library Associatio — keeps a running tally through the year of major world statistics, including population, births, deaths, automobiles produced, books published and carbon emissions. It also registers the total number of abortions performed worldwide, based on the latest statistics on abortions published by the World Health Organization (WHO). The statistical tally of Worldometer as of Dec. 31, 2020 shows, by comparison with abortion, the number of deaths for the year caused by other diseases or medical conditions: communicable diseases, 13,004,509;