Pope Francis is making news this morning after he suggested that abortion “kills children who will never see the light of day.”
The popular Pope, who has consistently spoken against abortion, raises the issue just 10 days before the anniversary of Roe v. Wade.
He noted that abortion is part of a “throwaway” culture that wastes people and food. He also called for more respect for the elderly and the protection of children from exploitation of many kinds.
Heritage policy analyst Sarah Torre weighed in, telling The Foundry, “As the Pope alluded to, abortion harms all of us. It has created a culture that disregards the dignity of human life, endangers women, demeans motherhood and denigrates men’s role as fathers.”
In the remarks, distributed in September, Francis said this:
“Every unborn child, though unjustly condemned to be aborted, has the face of the Lord, who even before his birth, and then as soon as he was born, experienced the rejection of the world.”
The Pope’s words come at a time when pro-life activists around the country are set to take part in the annual March for Life in Washington next week.
- Riccardo Antimiani / Eidon/ZUMA Press/Newscom