The recent attack against Iran, which tragically claimed the lives of seven American servicemen, has ignited a firestorm of national outrage. Public figures and citizens alike are "up in arms," mourning the injustice of these deaths and demanding an end to U.S. involvement in foreign conflicts. This grief is justified; every life lost in service to a nation is a profound tragedy.
However, this collective outcry reveals a staggering moral inconsistency in the American psyche. While we stop the clocks to mourn seven soldiers, we remain professionally indifferent to a loss of life that occurs on a scale so vast it defies easy comprehension.
The Staggering Scale of Silence
In 2025, the world witnessed a grim statistical milestone. While approximately 63 million people died globally from all natural and accidental causes combined, an estimated 73 million lives were ended by abortion. In a single year, the number of humans killed by abortion outnumbered deaths by all other causes—war, disease, and age—by more than 10 million.
In the United States, the numbers are equally haunting. Since the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling, nearly 65 million preborn lives have been lost. Though the Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs decision rightfully identified Roe as “egregiously wrong from the start,” the machinery of abortion has not slowed. It has merely shifted form.
The Invisible Toll
Today, nearly 3,000 preborn babies are killed every day in the U.S. alone. This number is likely an underestimate, as it struggles to account for the "invisible" rise of chemical abortions. In 2023, an estimated 648,500 abortion pills were sold in the U.S. To put that into perspective:
One abortion every 49 seconds.
74 every hour.
Over 1,700 every single day.
Even in states with legal protections for the preborn, the surge in uncounted chemical abortions ensures that the loss of life continues largely unabated and unobserved.
NOTE: Babies in utero feel pain and they are [I won't provide the gory details] cruelly crushed to death by doctors without painkillers.
A Conflict of Conviction
There is a bitter irony in the demographic that screams loudest against the "injustice" of military casualties. Frequently, the same voices demanding non-interventionism and the protection of soldiers are the most vocal advocates for abortion as a "choice" or a "right."
This worldview presents a jarring contradiction: it demands the utmost sanctity for the lives of servicemen and even advocates for the release of violent criminals from prison—prioritizing the "rights" of those who have broken the social contract—while simultaneously supporting the termination of the most innocent among us.
Conclusion
If we are to be a society of conscience, our indignation cannot be selective. We cannot be "up in arms" over seven deaths while remaining silent about 73 million. If the life of a soldier has inherent, objective value, then so does the life of the child. Until we reconcile this hypocrisy, our national mourning for the few will continue to ring hollow in the face of our indifference toward the many.
