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Rome, Italy, Jan 24, 2013 \/ 04:03 am (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- A top Vatican official on life issues called the protests sweeping across the U.S. this week against abortion a historic witness to the sanctity of human life.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThese marches for life that are taking place across the United States are very important, not only for the country, but for the whole world,\u201d Bishop Carrasco de Paula, head of the Pontifical Academy for Life, told CNA Jan. 23.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThese events which favor human life without limits, from conception until the end, have become a very important historical reference for all other Catholic countries worldwide,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cAnd if we talk about the Vatican as another face of the Church, then we can say the Church supports these marches in the whole world because the participants are the Church themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tFrom coast to coast, pro-life marches and rallies in America continue to mark the week of Jan. 22 as the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade \u2013 the Supreme Court decision that effectively legalized abortion throughout the nation.<\/p>\n

\tAccording to the the 75-year-old bishop, the Vatican aims to help those that are on the front lines of the cultural battle to defend life. The Holy See \u201cis well aware that these actions have become very visible in the world, especially in the United States,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\tThe Pontifical Academy for Life will be holding its annual assembly next month, where all its members from abroad will meet in Rome. The annual meeting features guest speakers and this year's theme will be on \u201cfaith and human life.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cOur talk will relate to this because it'll cover not only the defense of human life, but love for human life,\u201d said Bishop de Paula, who has served the academy since 1994 and was appointed by Pope Benedict as its president in 2010.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cLife is worth living and there are a lot of people who need to be told that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tDespite the devastation of 40 years of legalized abortion in the U.S., he noted, it has also helped raise awareness on the value of human life.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cMany women have reacted by rebelling\u2026saying they don't accept this and they want to do what is possible to change with, of course, specific means,\u201d he added. \u201cI really believe that, like slavery, we will be able to eradicate abortion eventually.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tAt the same time, he qualified, abortion legalization has had a profoundly negative impact on the social value of maternity.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cAbortion doesn't help women when they are in need of most support and then it becomes a fountain of interior suffering,\u201d he added. \u201cWe've been created by God to be happy and what abortion does is simply the opposite.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe Academy for Life has studied in-depth the trauma that abortion can cause in women, often many years after the procedure.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe consequences include a very large umbrella with a minority of women who hardly notice they've had an abortion and others who develop serious disorders,\u201d said the former director of the Bioethics Institute of the University of the Sacred Heart in Rome.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWomen can have anxiety neurosis, depression and even more serious disorders, especially with personalities with a predisposition to a psychotic disorder,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\tWomen who undergo abortions are themselves a victim, especially when doctors advise them to undergo an abortion, he said. \u201cSometimes women are just not able to defend themselves from certain situations.\u201d<\/p>\n

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