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    In direct abortion, the causal chain to fetal death neces... — Carmelics
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    Supports→The principle of double effect inadequately explains the asymmetry between the permissibility of hysterectomy on a pregnant woman and the impermissibility of abortion to save a woman's life

    In direct abortion, the causal chain to fetal death necessarily runs through the fetus as an intermediate link, making fetal death a means rather than a side effect.

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