Twenty Million Dead: The Generation Abortion Stole from America – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

Imagine an entire generation, then erase nearly a third of it. That’s not a half-hearted thought experiment. It’s a national crime scene, neatly packaged as progress.
Recent demographic reports reveal a devastating reality. Nearly 28 percent of Gen Z in America were denied the simple mercy of daylight. Between 1997 and 2011, 19.5 million lives were ended before they began. For every classroom, every cradle, every dinner table, an empty space mourns what never was.
The global context is equally grim. Nearly one in three pregnancies worldwide ends in abortion. In England and Wales, the rate has reached an all-time high. What was once framed as a “rare and tragic choice” has become routine — a conveyor belt of convenience turning human potential into medical waste. What looks like liberation is, in reality, liquidation.
Our culture — decadent and desensitized — plays a central role. Celebrities now speak of abortion not with grief but with pride, turning tragedy into trend. British pop star Lily Allen — one of the defining names of the 2010s — recently confessed she’d had so many abortions she’d lost count. She said it casually, almost proudly, as though ending life were an act of empowerment. Once, that kind of confession would have shocked a nation. Today, it barely raises an eyebrow. (RELATED: What Are the Consequences of Destigmatizing Abortion?)
A nation that won’t create life is already courting death.
Of course, the shift didn’t begin with Allen. It began with Roe v. Wade. From there, it swept across the West. By the 1990s, life was no longer sacred but symbolic — a battleground for autonomy. Abortion, once a tragic last resort, became a badge of modern freedom: marketed, subsidized, and passionately defended. What once whispered in back alleys now screamed from billboards. The sanctity of life yielded to the supremacy of choice. (RELATED: How Trump 2.0 Can Get Back to Trump 1.0 on the Abortion Pill)
And the trend shows no sign of slowing. In America, abortion...