“How big of a problem is abortion?” by Russell White🔹

As I was driving the other day, I saw a group of protestors in front of the local Methodist church. "God Hates Abortion! Pray to End the Murder!" Various signs to this effect were being held up triumphantly by the rather old people who had decided that this was their best use of a Tuesday morning. This got me curious; how big of an issue really is abortion? I realized I didn't know how many abortions happened per year in the U.S. I stopped by the side of the road to look this up, and was flabbergasted to learn that the number of abortion in the U.S. in 2023 was a little over 1 million. There were 1 million abortions in 2023. If you're anything like me, that number is probably a little shocking. For quick reference, there were about 600,000 malaria deaths in 2023. And that's [...] ---Outline:(00:42) There were 1 million abortions in 2023.(02:14) For each fetus aborted, there were 8,650 broiler chickens that were slaughtered.(02:51) ConclusionThe original text contained 4 footnotes which were omitted from this narration. The original text contained 1 image which was described by AI. --- First published: January 15th, 2025 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/uryJCRWfG6iyvkQ52/how-big-of-a-problem-is-abortion --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.