Beware scientific summaries and abstracts in controversial issues!
It is currently uncertain how much Plan B — the “morning-after” pill, which is a type of emergency contraception — works because of effects that take place after fertilization (i.e. a method ethically completely unacceptable to many, since it would be viewed as destroying a human), rather than [...]

It seems like the anguished questions around the principle of double effect will never end. Another bout of them has cropped up in the comments on Mark Shea’s blog.
This time it deals with the difference between something being directly intended, and something being indirectly intended. (Of course, many of the commenters don’t realize that this [...]