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Pope: Abortion is never OK, equates it to "hiring a hitman"

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Last Updated : May 25 2019 | 7:25 PM IST

Pope Francis said Saturday that abortion can never be condoned, even when the fetus is gravely sick or likely to die, and urged doctors and priests to support families to carry such pregnancies to term.

Speaking to a Vatican-sponsored anti-abortion conference, Francis said the opposition to abortion isn't a religious issue but a human one.

"Is it licit to throw away a life to resolve a problem?" he asked. "Is it licit to hire a hitman to resolve a problem?"
Francis denounced decisions to abort based on prenatal testing, saying a human being is "never incompatible with life."

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First Published: May 25 2019 | 7:25 PM IST

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