104,403 abortions in 1993 brings the total number of deaths to 1.62 million since 1969
When abortion was first legalized in Canada in 1969, then Justice Minister John Turner promised that the number of women seeking abortions would not increase.
Almost 25 years later Turner’s predictions have proven wildly incorrect as Canadians are now killing over 100,000 of their pre-born children per year and the numbers continue to rise.
The latest figures from Statistics Canada show that in 1993 104,403 abortions were reported in this country, an increase of 2.3 per cent from 1992. A startling figure of 1.62 million babies have had their lives ended by abortion since 1969.
Jim Hughes, president of Campaign Life Coalition called the figures “distressing.”
“How many babies have to die before the pro-abortion lobby is happy? When are we going to stop sacrificing our future in the name of women’s ‘choice’ or convenience?”
The abortion rate continues to rise also as 26.9 abortions were performed for every 100 births in 1993 as opposed to 25.6 in 1992.
Ontario again led all provinces with 30,518. Other figures of note show that 20 per cent of abortions were performed on women under 20; 64 per cent of abortions were performed on single women; and almost 28 per cent of abortions were performed on women who had already had one or more abortions.
Hughes also said that the statistics show that there is absolutely no proof that abortion access is being curtailed in this country.
“Despite the constant rise in the number of deaths by abortion, provincial governments (Ontario and B.C.) still use the false claim of limited abortion access to crush the pro-life movement.
