Natural Law
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Some writers consider the problem of abortion in the context of natural law theory.

Natural law theories do not necessarily stress rights as fundamental (although sometimes they do). Unlike utilitarian ethics, they never stress consequences as the main consideration when determining right action. Unlike some Christian views, they do not rely chiefly on holy scripture.

Instead, natural law theories rely on reason to identify actions or types of actions that are inherently wrong. Ideally they ground morality in the nature of things. There is a long tradition of natural law morality, although in recent centuries it has been developed mainly by Roman Catholic writers.

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