Do cases of rape, incest, or when the mother’s life is in jeopardy justify abortion?

These are the hardest questions in the abortion debate: emotionally charged, deeply tragic, and often used to challenge the pro-life position. But how should we think about these cases from a medical, ethical, and human perspective?

In this episode of Bioethics Babe, I sit down with Fr. Tad Pacholczyk, priest, neuroscientist, and Senior Ethicist at the National Catholic Bioethics Center, to take on these difficult questions head-on.

We explore:

• Why rare cases like rape and incest dominate the abortion debate
• The difference between emotional arguments and ethical reasoning
• Whether abortion heals or compounds trauma
• The principle of double effect explained in real medical cases
• Ectopic pregnancy and other ...