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Abortion solves nothing, says Pope

— Holy Father urges doctors to protect women from misinformation about abortion

Pope Benedict XVI has urged doctors to protect women from the misinformation that an abortion might be an acceptable solution to social or economic difficulties or health problems. His warning comes as outrage builds in the UK over controversial new advice from doctors that having an abortion is safer than having a baby and as Cardinal Keith O’Brien urged healthcare workers to speak out to protect life.

Strong opposition

The Holy Father reaffirmed the Catholic Church’s firm opposition to abortion in a speech last Saturday to members of the Pontifical Academy for Life, the Vatican’s bioethics advisory board, at the end of their General Assembly, which examined post-abortion syndrome.

The Pope said that women are often convinced, sometimes by their own doctors, that abortion is a legitimate choice and in some cases even a therapeutic act to prevent their babies from suffering. Church teaching holds that human life begins at conception.

Saying ‘abortion solves nothing,’ he called on doctors not to give up their duty to defend the consciences of women from such ‘deception.’

“It kills a child, destroys the woman, weighs on the conscience of the father and often ruins family life,” the Pope said.

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