Ectopic Pregnancy and Catholic Morality

Abstract

Respected Catholic ethicists have recently defended the use of salpingostomy and methotrexate in the management of ectopic pregnancies. This article examines the arguments for the revised assessments to determine whether there are sound reasons to believe that these two methods do not con­ stitute the direct and immediate killing of innocent human beings. National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 11.1 (Spring 2011): 65-82. The m oral debate regarding ectopic pregnancies has increased in recent years. R espected Catholic ethicists, namely, W illiam E. May, C hristopher Kaczor, and Rev. M artin R honheim er, have begun defending the use of m ethods for m anaging