> It's clear, in the Health community, that pregnancy can be avoided with contraceptives and instructing the population (adults and teenagers) on how to deal wi

> It's clear, in the Health community, that pregnancy can be avoided with contraceptives and instructing the population (adults and teenagers) on how to deal with this issue. It's not clear to me that the Health community is winning that battle based on abortion rates. For 2023 Guttmacher estimates 1,037,000 abortions were provided by clinicians in states without total bans [1]. Compare the 2022 CDC leading causes of death [2] which starts Heart disease: 702,880; Cancer: 608,371; ... That is, if one thinks of abortion as an avoidable disease it's one hell of a disease. And the rates suggest the Health community hasn't solved the root causes by a long shot. [1] https://www.guttmacher.org/fact-sheet/induced-abortion-united-states https://www.guttmacher.org/fact-sheet/induced-abortion-unite... [2] https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/leading-causes-of-death.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/leading-causes-of-death.htm