CONCERN FOR THE VULNERABLE

THE SOCIAL ISSUES THE POPE ADDRESSES

• Unfair labor (sweat shops
• Poverty
• Vulnerability
• Mistreatment and violence

THE VULNERABLE

• Poor
• Hungry
• Helpless
• Sick
• Unborn
• Women

ABORTION

• Church can't expect women to change their opinions
• Church must do more to help women in such difficult times
• Unborn children are the most vulnerable

ABORTION RELEVANCE TODAY

• 42 million abortions per year world wide
• 1% of all abortions occur because of rape or incest
• 6% of abortions occur from health risks of mother or child
• 93% of all abortion occur because child is unwanted or inconvenient

SOCIAL FACTS ON ABORTION

• 50% of women receiving abortions are younger than 25
• Women age 20-24 obtain 33% of all abortion
• Teenagers obtain 17% of all abortions
• Girls under 15 are 1.2%

HOW ABORTION EFFECTS OUR DAILY LIVES

• People we know, especially as we're getting into our 20s, are often faced with the decission of abortion
• We are Catholics and have to speak up about what we believe about abortion

HUMAN TRAFFICKING

• Don't turn away from the problem, recognize it
• "Where is your brother, where is your sister?"
• Must all work together to stop human trafficking

HUMAN TRAFFICKING RELEVANCE TODAY

• 53% of human trafficking victims involved in sexual exploitation
• 40% involved in forced labor
• Women and girls make up 70% of victims
• 2.4 million people involved in human trafficking

HOW HUMAN TRAFFICKING EFFECTS OUR DAILY LIVES

• People going out could be taken
• Young girls are often in danger of being overpowered at parties or other shady areas
• People our age are naive

HOW WE CAN HELP

• Practice safe sex
• Report any incident of human trafficking
• Feed the hungry