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David Ozar

David Ozar is emeritus professor in the Department of Philosophy at Loyola University Chicago, a member and consulting ethicist of the Institutional Ethics Committee at NorthShore University HealthSystem, and on the steering committee of the Unrepresented Patients Project for Illinois.

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A pro-life protester and a supporter of legal abortion argue outside the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix as the state Senate votes to repeal its near total ban on abortion May 1. (OSV News/Reuters/Liliana Salgado)

Are laws prohibiting abortion moral?

A careful examination of laws prohibiting abortion suggests they do not meet the criteria for moral laws as defined by Thomas Aquinas and supported by Catholic teaching.

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