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Vatican City — The Vatican Life Academy on Friday praised the US Supreme Court's decision on abortion and called on the world to think about life issues, but also called for social change to help women keep their children.
The Vatican also said in a statement that life cannot be limited to individual rights because life is a matter of "broad social importance". ..
Friday's U.S. Supreme Court has dramatically overturned the groundbreaking 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, which recognized and nationally legalized women's constitutional rights to abortion. I took a step forward.
"The fact that a great power with a long democratic tradition has changed its position on this issue is also challenging the whole world," the academy said in a statement.
Lifelong Catholic US President Joe Biden condemned the ruling, calling it a "sad day" for the United States and labeling the court conservatives as "extreme."
Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, who heads the Pontifical Academy for Life, said the court's decision was a "strong invitation to reflect" on the issue of the times when Western society was "lost passion for life." Said there is.
"By choosing life, our responsibility for the future of mankind is at stake," Paglia said.
The Roman Catholic Church teaches that abortion is a murder because life begins at the moment of conception and ends with natural death.
Pope Francis compared abortion to "hiring a hitman" to eliminate the problematic.
The Academy's statement also called for changes in social conditions to make it easier to save lives at all stages.
"This also ensures proper sex education, guarantees health care for all, protects families and motherhood, and prepares legislative measures to overcome existing inequality. It means to do. "
"We need solid support for mothers, couples and fetuses that involve the entire community. Mothers have difficulty staying pregnant and have children who can guarantee their children. We encourage the possibility of depositing. Growth. " (Report by Philip Pullella, Written by Angelo Amante, Edited by Giulia Segreti, Leslie Adler, Nick Macfie)