Pope Francis on Sunday said doctors who provide abortions are "hitmen", speaking to reporters on the plane that was taking him back to Rome after a three-day visit to Belgium. "Women have the right to life, their life and the life of their children. "Abortion is a murder", the pope went on to say, "a human being is killed", "doctors who provide this are, allow me the word, hitmen". "And it is not possible to discuss this", he stressed, adding that "birth control methods" are "something else". Source: Ansa News Agency