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According to a new report produced by\u00a0Worldometers.info,<\/a> the leading cause of death worldwide of human beings in 2018 was abortion\u2013 killing 42 million people.<\/p>\n

The independent site collects data from governments and other reputable organizations, reports data with estimates and projections.<\/p>\n

Breitbart News<\/a>\u00a0compared the number of deaths from abortion to leading causes of death, including cancer, HIV\/AIDS, traffic accidents and suicide, and found that abortions far outnumber them all.<\/p>\n

It reports:<\/p>\n

As of December 31, 2018, there have been some 41.9 million abortions performed in the course of the year, Worldometers revealed. By contrast, 8.2 million people died from cancer in 2018, 5 million from smoking, and 1.7 million died of HIV\/AIDS. \u2026<\/p>\n

It also records the total number of abortions in the world, based on the latest statistics on abortions published by the World Health Organization (WHO).<\/p>\n

Globally, just under a quarter of all pregnancies (23 percent) were ended by abortion in 2018, and for every 33 live births, ten infants were aborted.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In the U.S., slightly less than 1 million babies are aborted every year, making abortion\u00a0the leading cause of death<\/a> in the U.S.<\/p>\n

Since 1973 approximately 60 million unborn babies have been killed by abortions in the U.S.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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