Abortion: A leading cause of death in Michigan

Each year the Michigan Department of Community Health keeps records of the deaths of Michigan citizens and how these individuals died. Statistics released on November 21, 2001, show that in 2000, 86,988 Michigan residents died. These statistics, however, fail to include the 26,807 Michigan children who lost their lives to abortion in 2000.

Even though prolife citizens have worked hard through education and legislation to decrease the number of abortions in Michigan, abortion is tragically still one of the leading causes of death throughout the state.

The number of abortions in Michigan have decreased 45.4 percent since 1987, yet abortion still ranks second only to heart disease (27,474) as Michigan's leading killer. Abortion deaths outnumbered deaths from every kind of cancer combined (19,764), from strokes (5,789), from all accidents (unintentional injuries) (3,243), and from murder (749), among others.

Abortion is not, as the pro-abortion community would have us believe, a rare occurrence. If the number of lives ended through abortion is added to the number of non-abortion deaths then we find that 113,795 unique human beings from Michigan lost their lives in 2000. Of these individuals, 23.6 percent died before they could be held and before they could be loved and love others.

Abortion is not a rare occurrence by any means, it's an epidemic that has spread throughout the United States. Because of this, Right to Life of Michigan will continue its strong efforts to offer assistance to women and families in need. When allowed, unplanned pregnancies can result in unplanned joy.

 

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