Nun excommunicated for allowing abortion to save the life of a mother

[Beryana]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

Thanks for the explanation, it doesn't really answer my question, but basically that is the problem when you let people trained in areas other than medicine make decisions involving very complicated medical problems. These justifications are very simplistic and self-serving. Medically, the distinctions are meaningless.

But medicine does have morals and ethics, correct? Upon what are those based? are they just arbitrary or is there reasons behind them? Catholic social teachings are no different.