From a Vatican write-up of a new Reuters interview:
“In this we have to be scientific, see what science tells us today. Science today and any book on embryology, the one our medical students study, tells you that 30 days after conception there is DNA and the laying out already of all the organs.”
He asked, “Is it legitimate, is it right, to eliminate a human life to resolve a problem?” He insisted, “It’s a human life – that’s science. The moral question is whether it is right to take a human life to solve a problem.”
“Indeed, is it right to hire a hit man to solve a problem?”
Pope Francis made the remarks in an hour-and-a-half-long interview with Reuters correspondent Philip Pullella, published on Monday.
(He’s compared abortion to hiring a hitman before.)
Here, from Reuters:
He strongly condemned abortion, comparing it to “hiring a hit man”. The Catholic Church teaches that life begins at the moment of conception.
“I ask: Is it legitimate, is it right, to eliminate a human life to resolve a problem?”
It’s unfortunate they it leaves out the science part. You don’t have to be a Catholic to understand what you see on a sonogram. You don’t have to believe in God to acknowledge that there is new life developing at conception. Joe Biden has said women should have the right to abort a child. Even if it was a slip up, forgetting about the euphemisms the abortion industry has insisted on, I appreciated the honesty. Let’s be honest about what abortion is. Abortion advocates are fighting for the right of a mother to end the life of her developing child.
On Independence Day, let’s reflect on how we can better protect life and the pursuit of happiness, not put them at odds when a pregnancy is unplanned.