EU Bishops: Abortion can never be a fundamental right vaticannews.va
A human being, in any situation and at every stage of development is always sacred and inviolable, European Bishops have reaffirmed, adding that once this conviction disappears, so do solid and lasting foundations for the defense of human rights.
The statement from the Bishops of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE), was made ahead of the vote in the plenary session in Brussels on Thursday on the inclusion of the right to abortion in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.
The Bishops' statement comes the day after the publication of Dignitas infinita, a document of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith that describes abortion as a "grave and deplorable" practice in its list of violations of human dignity….
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