| Vatican urges end to Amnesty aid
BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Vatican urges end to Amnesty aid Quote:
The Vatican has urged all Catholics to stop donating money to Amnesty International, accusing the human rights group of promoting abortion.
The Vatican also said it was suspending all financial aid to Amnesty over what it said was the group's recent change of policy on the issue.
Amnesty said it was not promoting abortion as a universal right.
But the group said that women had a right to choose, particularly in cases of rape or incest.
"No more financing of Amnesty International after the organisation's pro-abortion about-turn," said a statement from the Roman Catholic Church's Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.
| Plain idiocy. Religion throwing yet another salvo of it's irrational crap out into the world.
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