“It is necessary that the whole of society defend the right to life.” Pope Benedict XVI (2011).
Tuesday, January 22, marked the 40th anniversary of Roe vs Wade, the US Supreme Court’s decision which legalised abortion throughout pregnancy in the USA. Priests for Life estimate that in the USA more than 53 million have been legally killed since 1973.
Statistics from the World Health Organisation show that “every year in the world an estimated 40-50 million women decide to have an abortion. This corresponds to approximately 125,000 abortions per day.”
