The article by Andrea Tornielli, the head of the editorial board of the Vatican Communication Service, who scolds the functioning of the American republic
Their opponents abortions should be concerned about other life-threatening issues, such as easy access to guns, poverty and rising maternal mortality rates, wrote the head of the communications department Vatican Andrea Tornielli.
In his main article on the decision of the US Supreme Court that overturned the decision of Roe v WadeAndrea Tornielli writes that those who oppose abortion can not make a discreet choice between the issues of defending life.
“When you are in favor of life, it always means that you are worried if women’s mortality due to motherhood is increasing”writes and cites data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that show an increase in maternal mortality, overall, and a tripling of rates in the black female population, in particular.
“When you are in favor of life, it always means looking for ways to help women welcome the new life”writes citing statistics that show that 75% of women who have an abortion live in poverty or have a low income.
Andrea Tornielli also cites statistics from the Harvard Psychiatric Inspectorate which show that parental leave rates in the United States are much lower than in other rich countries.
“When you are in favor of life, it always means defending it against the threat of guns, which, unfortunately, have become the leading cause of death for children and adolescents in the United States.”he writes.
The Roman Catholic Church teaches that abortion is murderbecause life begins at the moment of conception and ends with physical death.
Pope Francis has likened abortion to hiring a paid assassin to exterminate a troubled person.
But at the same time, it has sought to divert the US Catholic Church from treating abortion as the sole and predominant issue of defending life in the country’s cultural conflicts.
The death penalty, gun control, family support and immigration are also issues of life, Pope Francis has said.
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