Abortion and the Meaning of Life: Some Anthropological Implications of the Viability Standard

On March 3, 2022, the Catholic Law community gathered for the second program in the lecture series organized by the Law and the Human Person examining The Future of Roe v. Wade? Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The afternoon program entitled, “Abortion and the Meaning of Life: Some Anthropological Implications of the Viability Standard,” featured David Crawford, J.D., S.T.D., Dean and Associate Professor of Moral Theology and Family Law at Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage & Family, who discussed the anthropological implications of the Dobbs v. Jackson case. Crawford teaches and writes in the areas of fundamental moral theology, bio- and sexual ethics, marriage and family, and law.