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Pope Francis wrapped up a troubled visit to Belgium on Sunday by doubling down on his traditional views on abortion, calling the abortion law homicidal. Doctors who do this are allow me the word hitmen. They are hitmen, Francis said. And on this you cannot argue. You are killing a human life. The comments have sparked online uproar, with pro-choice commentators writing on social media platform X that King Baudouin was a coward and that abortion bans have never saved lives. Anti-abortion advocates, however, counter this by saying that he was a warrior. It was the second time in