50 Million - One Every 24 Seconds

It is the number 1 killer in the US; above heart disease, cancer, and every other disease. 50 Million have died from this since 1973 until 2009 in the United States; that is one every 24 seconds or 3,600 everyday.  What is this disease that I speak of?  Abortion...not a disease at all, more like a fear that leads us to do evil things. 

• Of all these that have been performed, less than 1% are due to rape and incest combined.
• The staggering number is that 7 out 10 women claim to be Christian at the time of the abortion.  This is one of the reasons I say this is motivated by fear.
• Half of the women are under the age of 25 and under 20% of the women are teenagers.  Of these that are teenagers, 40% are minors and they didn't tell their parents about the abortion.
• Another difficult figure it that 31% of all abortions are paid for with OUR tax dollars!
• One-third of planned parenthood's funding in 2008 came from government grants which is funded by tax dollars.  The ratio of abortions to adoptions was 62 to 1.  That is 305,310 abortions to 4,912 adoption referrals.
• Another fact is that 9 out of 10 insurance company's cover part of the costs, again, using our money to help fund these.
• Of the abortions performed, 87% are surgical. 
• Abortions are devastating the African-American community the most, as every 2 in 5 pregnancies end in abortion.
• As a whole in America, one in every five pregnancies end in abortion.

There is a movement beginning to stop abortions by 2020.  Go to Abortion Blackout and join the movement by wearing BLACK on Fridays to mourn the death of all these innocent children.  Ending Abortion @ GodTube.

Sources:
Alan Guttmacher Institute
Center for Disease Control
Planned Parenthood
World Health Organization

A CLOSING COMMENT:  I wanted to add my personal opinion to these statistics.  I personally have ministered to several women who have had an abortion and  most of them fell into the statistics listed above.  The one thing I do know that is seldom sited in the statistics is the aftermath of the abortion on the life of the mother.  The women who I have prayed with, cried with and mourned with over the loss of their baby is seldom talked about.  Not only does abortion stop a beating heart, in breaks a living heart as well.  The pregnancy may be ended but the memory never dies.  Fear is the reason most of the women I know for having an abortion.  Fear that someone would think they were bad, sinful, evil.  The sad thing is that all of us have done bad, have acted sinful and are capable of evil.  We are no different.  May we stop the cover-up of our sins and begin to walk in the truth that ALL have sinned and fallen short of the Glory of God.  As we confess our sins, one to another, THEN we are healed.  James 5:16 says, "Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective."