Catholic theologian David Maguire, Professor of Moral Theology
“How is it that in speaking of women we so easily reduce human life to physical life? What certitudes persuade theologians that there are only two marginal reasons [to save the life of the mother or to remove a dead or dying unborn baby] to justify abortion? Why is the Vatican comparably sure that while there may be just wars with incredible slaughter, there can be no just abortions?”
Catherine Whitney Whose Life? A Balanced, Comprehensive View of Abortion from Its Historical Context to the Current Debate (New York: Morrow, 1991) 170 – 171
