Zahn we have to cite sources in wikipedia simple as that That does not however mean that what it says in the article is not a bit presumptive It is obvious that we have a limited ability to monitor abortions in many poor or undemocratic countries WHO has cited it as approximately 50 million in 2001 and an estimated 40 50 million in 2003 other sources have it as low as 20 million or as high as 88 million as far as i can see None of these estimations are as hihly regarded as the lancet however My point is that a number as exact as 42 million or 46 million should be regarded as estimations not approximations it is also called so in the lancet article This may be a small difference but still Lets change it to the estimated number in stead of the approximate number