- Vatican praises U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on abortion
- Academy for Life says it challenges whole world to reflect on life issues
- President Joe Biden calls it a “sad day” for America and labels court’s conservatives “extreme”.
Vatican Academy for Life applauded the United States Supreme Court’s ruling on abortion on Friday, saying it urged the whole world to think on life problems.
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In a statement, the Vatican department also said that the preservation of human life could not be limited to individual rights since life had “wide societal meaning.”
The United States Supreme Court took the unprecedented step Friday of reversing the historic 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, which affirmed a woman’s constitutional right to abortion and made it lawful nationally.
The Academy went on to say that “the reality that a large country with a strong democratic pedigree has changed its attitude on this matter also faces the whole world.” [Citation needed]
Evangelical Christian Vice President Joe Biden blasted the decision as “radical” and a “sad day for America.”
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When asked about the Court’s ruling, Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, the chairman of the Pontifical Academy for Life, described it as a “strong call to ponder” on the subject at a time when “Western culture is losing enthusiasm for life.
With our decision to preserve life, the fate of mankind is in our hands. Paglia
