The Ethical and Religious Directives allow operations, treatments, and medications that have as their direct purpose the cure of a proportionately serious pathological condition of a pregnant woman even if they will result in the death of the unborn child if the treatment is not intended to kill the child and the death of the child is not a means to cure the mother.
The Ethical and Religious Directives allow operations, treatments, and medications that have as their direct purpose the cure of a proportionately serious pathological condition of a pregnant woman even if they will result in the death of the unborn child if the treatment is not intended to kill the child and the death of the child is not a means to cure the mother.
See pp. 262-3. This is an application of the double effect.
The Ethical and Religious Directives allow operations, treatments, and medications that have as their direct purpose the cure of a proportionately serious pathological condition of a pregnant woman even if they will result in the death of the unborn child if the treatment is not intended to kill the child and the death of the child is not a means to cure the mother.
See pp. 262-3. This is an application of the double effect.