This is a quote on abortion by Mother Theresa. I fail to understand the 'poverty' part though. Is she referring to spiritual poverty? What do you think?
g. html , she did not actually say this, or it has been paraphrased, perhaps to the point where some of the original sense has been lost. com/questions/247664/why-did-mother-teresa-use-the-phrase-it-is-a-poverty .
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My initial impression was that the wrong word has been used, possibly because English was not her first language, but according to various websites, e.g. http://www.motherteresa.org/08_info/Quotesf.html , she did not actually say this, or it has been paraphrased, perhaps to the point where some of the