The Argentinian pontiff made the remarks in an address to worshippers in the Vatican on Wednesday, adding that it was wrong to take a human life, no matter how small.
"Getting rid of a human being is like resorting to a contract killer to solve a problem," the sovereign told the congregation gathered on Saint Peter's Square, in one of his harshest criticisms of abortion. "Is it just to resort to a contract killer to solve a problem?"
He added: "How can an act that suppresses an innocent and helpless life as it blossoms be therapeutic, civil or, simply, humane?"
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