Moral Ambiguity: Fr. Thomas J. Reese, S.J.

The hard case is the treatment of rape victims in emergency rooms. Morning after drugs or Plan B are often given to rape victims to keep them from becoming pregnant.

There is some confusion about what these drugs actually do. If they cause an abortion, some would have moral objections. If they prevent fertilization, few would object.

Because of this ambiguity, some Catholic hospitals give morning after drugs to rape victims. Others do not.

Link (here) to the full article by the Jesuit Fr. Thomas J. Reese.