Ectopic Pregnancy and Catholic Morality

Ectopic Pregnancy and Catholic Morality A Response to Recent Arguments in Favor of Salpingostomy and Methotrexate Marie A. Anderson, Robert L. Fastiggi, David E. Hargroder, Rev. Joseph C. Howard Jr., and C. Ward Kischer Abstract. Respected Catholic ethicists, namely, William E. May, Christopher Kaczor, and Rev. Martin Rhonheimer, have recently defended methods for managing Ectopic pregnancies, such as the use of salpingostomy and metho- trexate, that very few Catholic moralists previously endorsed. This article examines the arguments for the revised assessments to determine whether there are sound reasons to believe that these two methods do not constitute the direct and immediate killing of innocent human beings. National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly (Spring 2011): 000 000. The moral debate regarding Ectopic pregnancies has increased in recent years. Respected Catholic ethicists, namely, William E. May, Christopher Kaczor, and Rev. Martin Rhonheimer, have begun defending the use of methods for managing Marie A.

669 aNdersoN eT al.. eCTopiC pregNaNCy aNd CaTholiC MoraliTy What has led to the increased rate of ectopic pregnancies? Many researchers point to the rise of sexually transmitted diseases, the use of certain forms of

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