Pope Francis is speaking out against euthanasia calling it a “sin against God” and saying that anyone who endorses it supports a “false sense of compassion.”

“We’re are living in a time of experimentation with life. But a bad experiment… (we’re) playing with life,” the Pope said to a conference of 4,000 doctors.  “Be careful, because this is a sin against the Creator: against God the Creator.”

The Pope’s remarks are seen to have been a response to a woman who ended her life in Oregon after being diagnosed with terminal brain cancer.

The Pope also blasted abortion as being the same as euthanasia.  He said it was like telling God “I do it, like I want.’ It’s a sin against God. Think well about this.”

The Pope acknowledged the doctors can be placed in a tough situation.

“Your mission as doctors puts you in daily contact with so many forms of suffering,” he said.

However, the Pope said, they need to be “courageous and against-the-grain” in standing for live and refusing to participate in euthanasia and abortion.