Direct Abortion or Legitimate Medical Procedure Double Effect?

John W Seeds

doi:10.1179/002436312803571546

Ethics and Policy · Reproductive Ethics

Direct Abortion or Legitimate Medical Procedure Double Effect?

Seeds JW

Published February 2012 The Linacre quarterly, 79(1), 81-87

DOI 10.1179/002436312803571546 PMID 30082962 PMC PMC6027086

Abstract

The distinction between direct abortion and legitimate medical procedures deemed necessary to save the life of the mother but resulting in the death of the unborn child challenge all clinicians and persons of faith. A careful analysis of the principle of double effect and a recent statement by the Committee on Doctrine of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops offer some clarity to this difficult conflict. Two case examples offer illustration for the analysis.

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Ethics and Policy Reproductive Ethics Embryo Status

Ethics and Policy › Reproductive Ethics › Embryo Status

John W Seeds

Jack Seeds, J Seeds

PMID 30082962 30082962 DOI 10.1179/002436312803571546 10.1179/002436312803571546 Seeds et al. 2012, Seeds 2012

Direct Abortion or Legitimate Medical Procedure Double Effect?

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