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Pope Francis says abortion is like hiring 'contract killer'

Subscribe to France 24 now: http://f24.my/youtubeEN FRANCE 24 live news stream: all the latest news 24/7 http://f24.my/YTliveEN Making another dent in his progressive image...The pope went off-script in his weekly address to the faithful gathered on St Peter''s squareto deliver his strongest criticism yet of abortionSOUNDBITE - Pope Francis "Is it just to use a hit man to solve a problem? You can''t, it''s not just to eliminate a human life, however small, to solve a problem. It''s like hiring a contract killer to solve a problem."it''s not the first time Pope Francis has come out against abortion in a 2016 interview, he called it a crime... and last june he compared abortions as a result of pre-natal testing to a Nazi-era eugenics program.Francis has framed both abortion and euthanasia as part of what he calls today''s "throwaway culture," where the sick, elderly and unborn are considered unworthy of protectionOnce considered a reformer - this year the Argentine pontiff opposed a bill that would have legalised abortion in his home country, and in recent months has made a string of conservative statements He caused uproar when he suggested that parents of gay children should seek psychiatric help for them ... - hours later he rowed back, clarifying that he didn''t mean that homosexuality was a mental illnessPreviously, he has been openly accepting of gay people... if not homosexuality itselfWho am I to judge? he said in 2013... calling for society to stop discriminating against or marginalising gay people Visit our website: http://www.france24.com Subscribe to our YouTube channel: http://f24.my/youtubeEN Like us on Facebook:   / france24.english   Follow us on Twitter:   / france24_en