Approx. number of US murder victims in 2005:
16,500 (cite)
Approx. number of US highway fatalities in 2005:
43, 443 (cite)
Approx. number of US abortions in 2003:
1, 287,000 (cite)
Number of United States Soldiers Killed in Iraq from 2002-2007:
3,683 (cite)
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Good point.
so we need to stop the war, but keep abortion at the ready.
disgust.
Matt, thanks.
Gino, disgusting indeed.
BTW, I forgot to mention this in the post: I'm away from home on a road trip,(Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City...) and I'm not at all sure when my next internet connection will be.
It should be every few days, but I won't know till I get a wi-fi hotspot.
You can put a lot of things in perspective with abortion, including Iraq, Darfur, and 9/11.
I wrote a post about it, titled "The Politics of Death Quiz":
http://kingdomadvancing.blogspot.com/2007/03/politics-of-death-quiz.html
Those are some great numbers you've posted. I keep saying (without knowing for sure) that more people have murdered in either Detroit or L.A. every year than in Iraq.
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