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Pope compares having an abortion to ‘hiring a hit man’

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Pope compares having an abortion to 'hiring a hit man'Abortion is a raging political battle in a number of countries, including the United States, where many conservatives hope the Supreme Court will eventually overturn the landmark 1973 ruling known as Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion. Francis made his off-the-cuff comments on abortion, some of his toughest to date, in an address to tens of thousands of people gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his weekly general audience. “I ask you: ‘Is it right to ‘take out’ a human life to solve a problem?