Title: Abortion is the Leading Cause of Death in the U.S. | the reproach of Christ
Headings: Abortion is the Leading Cause of Death in the U.S.
Abortion is the Leading Cause of Death in the U.S.
Content: Abortion is by far the leading cause of death in the U.S. One third of all deaths in the U.S. is caused by abortion, which is a type of murder. According to the FBI, there were 14,180 murder victims in 2008. If we include abortion as a type of murder, 98.84% of murders were abortions, and only 1.16% of murders were from all other types of murder. How many early abortions were caused by abortifacient contraception in 2008? There is not even a rough estimate available. However, the CDC reports [ PDF] that in 2008 approx. 10.7 million women in the U.S. used oral contraceptives. So the number of abortions from abortifacient contraception may be in the millions. by
Ronald L. Conte Jr.
Roman Catholic moral theologian and
translator of the Catholic Public Domain Version of the Bible. This entry was posted in ethics.