It is good hearing the Pope talk about Evangelium Vitae

The pontiff cited the 1995 encyclical "Evangelium Vitae," in which the late Pope John Paul II delivered the Vatican's most forceful condemnation of abortion, artificial contraception, euthanasia and experimentation on human embryos.

(Well, ABC got the wrong Pope here, but must have read the right Cliff's
Notes summary anyway)

The bishops' conference has renewed its fight against abortion and RU-486, turning abortion into a campaign issue for the first time since Italians upheld the law in a 1981 referendum.
Benedict told Italian officials last month that doctors should not give women the abortion pill because it hides the "gravity" of taking a human life.

"We know well that this truth risks being contradicted by the hedonism of the so-called well-off societies: Life is exalted as long as it's pleasant, but one tends to not respect it any more when it is sick or damaged," Benedict told pilgrims and tourists in St. Peter's Square for his Sunday blessing.
The description "sick or damaged" life in the church's teaching commonly refers to situations in which life is in particular need of being defended, including deformed fetuses, the severely disabled, terminally ill patients or people in vegetative states.

"Every human life as such deserves to be always defended and promoted," the pontiff said.
The pope said that he drew inspiration from John Paul "who dedicated constant attention to these issues."