The best available statistics from the World Health Organization show that abortion is far and away the biggest cessator of human life, whether or not it is legal. The latest year for which data is reasonably complete is 2021. That year there were about 68 million deaths in the world, according to WHO. Also in that year there were about 73 million induced abortions worldwide according to the WHO … not only is abortion the leading cessator of human life globally, it accounts for more than all other cessators of human life combined – about 52 percent of all cessations of human life every year.

Months after Delaware Governor John Carney vetoed a bill that would legalize assisted suicide, lawmakers are once again considering legislation that would allow a terminally ill person to end their own life. House Bill 140 would allow assisted suicide for a terminally ill person if that person first makes two verbal requests and one written request. Dr. Neil Kaye, a former forensic psychiatrist, testified that many medical professionals are uncomfortable with the idea of helping a patient end his or her life.