Pope Francis condemned "throwaway culture" regarding disability during a Vatican conference, addressing abortion of unborn with disabilities and euthanasia of elderly.

Pope Francis condemned the 'throwaway culture' during a Vatican conference on disability inclusion, stating that the unborn with disabilities are often aborted and the elderly close to the end are administered 'easy death' by euthanasia. He warned that when people use utilitarian and functional criteria to determine the value of a human life, it leads to serious violations of the rights of the weakest people, causing injustice and inequality.

April 11, 2024
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