Abortion: The Leading Cause of Death in America

Abortion: The Leading Cause of Death in America

Abortion is the leading cause of death in America. Almost twice as many people die from abortion as from heart disease, the second-place cause.

According to government data, Americans died from these causes in 2002:

Leading Causes of Death in America
Cause of Death	Number of Deaths	One X represents 25,000 deaths
Abortion	1,300,000	XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXXX XX
Heart disease	710,760	XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXX
Cancer	553,091	XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XX
Stroke	167,661	XXXXX XX
Chronic lower respiratory tract disase	122,009	XXXXX
Accidents	97,900	XXXX
Diabetes mellitus	69,301	XX
Pneumonia, influenza	65,313	XX
Alzheimer's disease	49,558	XX
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, nephrosis	37,251	X
Septicemia	31,224	X

Health officials erroneously claim that heart disease is the leading cause of death in America. In truth, more unborn babies die from abortion than do persons of all ages from the next two most common causes of death– heart disease and cancer– combined!