Editing Consistent life ethic (section)

===Abortion===
{{Abortion in the Catholic Church}}
Bernardin considered opposition to abortion to be an integral part of the consistent life ethic. In a 1988 interview with [[National Catholic Register]], he stated, "I feel very, very strongly about the right to life of the unborn, the weakest and most vulnerable of human beings. I don’t see how you can subscribe to the consistent ethic and then vote for someone who feels that abortion is a 'basic right' of the individual. The consequence of that position would be an absence of legal protection for the unborn."<ref>{{Cite news |date=12 June 1988 |title=BERNARDIN: Chicago's Pastor on Consistency and the '88 Vote |work=National Catholic Register |url=https://www.ncregister.com/blog/bernardin-put-life-first |access-date=21 August 2022}}</ref>

Many consistent life ethic adherents advocate for increased [[social support]] for parents in addition to legal protection for the unborn.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chandler |first=Michael Alison |date=19 January 2018 |title='Badass. Prolife. Feminist.' How the 'pro-life feminist' movement is straddling the March for Life and Women's March |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2018/01/19/this-weekend-many-members-of-the-growing-pro-life-feminist-movement-plan-to-attend-both-the-march-for-life-and-the-womens-march/ |access-date=21 August 2022}}</ref>

Advocates for the consistent life ethic have reacted positively to the release of the landmark ''[[Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization]]'' decision (2022), which overruled both ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'' (1973) and ''[[Planned Parenthood v. Casey]]'' (1992).<ref>{{Cite news |last=O'Loughlin |first=Michael J |date=24 June 2022 |title='We thank God today': Catholics react to the end of Roe v. Wade |work=America Magazine |url=https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2022/06/24/roe-overturned-catholic-reactions-243239 |access-date=22 August 2022}}</ref> According to Herb Geraghty of Rehumanize International, "Right now is clearly a moment for celebration, and for mourning the lives that have been lost in the last 50 years due to the ''Roe v. Wade'' decision."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schermele |first=Zachary |date=29 June 2022 |title=For anti-abortion LGBTQ groups, Roe's reversal is a 'human rights victory' |work=NBC News |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/anti-abortion-lgbtq-groups-roes-reversal-human-rights-victory-rcna35716 |access-date=21 August 2022}}</ref>