Pope Benedict XVI Condemns Dangerous RU 486 Abortion Drug
by Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com Editor
January 12, 2006
**The Vatican (
LifeNews.com) – **Speaking on issues that are likely going to come up in the upcoming elections in Italy, Pope Benedict XVI spoke out against the dangerous abortion drug RU 486. The abortion drug has come up in the last few months as some Italian hospitals have been waning to conduct trials of its use.
The pontiff didn’t mention the drug by name, but said the Italian government should not “introduce pharmaceuticals that in one way or another hide the grave nature of abortion.”
He indicated that the political leaders have a duty to protect life that applies particularly to “the protection of nascent human life.”
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