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What about abortion? It has been the #1 cause of death the past century, killing hundreds of millions of people, and now a contributor to population collapse. I think we have more to fear from being doomed by our own vices than nuclear weapons, climate change, etc.

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What population collapse? World population is still rising. US population is still rising.

Fewer humans would be a good thing for just about all the global human created problems. Far fewer humans would give a chance of sustainable numbers, sustainable industry and agriculture, remove the need to destroy habitats etc.

Considering that abortion is about terminating unwanted pregnancies, I fail to see a problem here.

Nuclear war and climate change are real threats. We came incredibly close to war in 1983 when Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov refused to launch against a false US attack. If you don't believe in the threat of climate change then you're not paying attention or willfully disregarding evidence.

The doomsday clock isn't for every source of death or life-preventer, it's specifically for doomsday events like nuclear war. Otherwise various bacteria would dominate everything else.

Any stats / sources on that,and how they may have changed over centuries? As well as other causes and overall trend on infant mortality.

I've heard many arguments around the abortion issue but "#1 killer" is new to me and I'd be curious to understand it better and in context. Thanks!

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