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Pope Francis: Abortion is a “human problem”, not a “religious problem”
May 29, 2019

Pope Francis: Abortion is a “human problem”, not a “religious problem”

In a wide-ranging interview with Mexican media network Televisa, Pope Francis said that abortion is a “human problem”, not a “religious problem”. The interview, which lasted for one hour and forty minutes, was published by the Vatican last May 27 in the Vatican News website.

On the subject of abortion, the Pope says, he always asks two very clear questions: “Is it fair to eliminate a human life in order to solve a problem?”. The answer to which is: no. “Second question: is it fair to pay a sniper to solve a problem? No. Abortion is not a religious problem in the sense that just because I am Catholic I must not seek an abortion. It is a human problem”, says Pope Francis. “It is a problem of eliminating a human life. Period”.

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