‘Having Abortion is Like Hiring a Contract Killer To Eliminate Someone’, Says Pope Francis

Pope Francis has compared having an abortion to hiring a “contract killer”. He said this while addressing worshippers on Wednesday.

“Interrupting a pregnancy is like eliminating someone,” “Getting rid of a human being is like resorting to a contract killer to solve a problem.” he said:

“Is it just to resort to a contract killer to solve a problem?” he asked, to which the crowd shouted: “no”.

Francis’ comments departed from the prepared text for his homily delivered during his weekly audience on Saint Peter’s Square.

“How can an act which terminates a budding life, innocent and defenceless, be therapeutic, civilized, or simply human?” Francis said in his weekly public audience.

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The leader of the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics also said parents should not reject deformed children.

“When during pregnancy parents discover that their child is affected by a disease, they need real closeness, real solidarity, to face reality overcoming understandable fears. Instead, they often receive hasty advice to terminate the pregnancy,” he said.