Abortion stats in perspective

Worldwide, there are approximately 42 million abortions per year.

• 115,000 per day
• 4791 per hour
• 79 per minute
• 1.3 per second

The US accounts for 1.21 million of those abortions each year.

• 3315 per day
• 138 per hour
• 2 per minute
• 1 every 30 seconds

The CDC, however, lists the "leading cause of death" as heart disease, at 616,067 per year.

• 1687 per day
• 70 per hour
• 1.17 per minute