You recently stated in this forum that there are some actions whose physical and moral objects are identical, as in contraception and direct abortion. Such actions are always and everywhere morally unjustifiable.

However, if taking a contraceptive pill (that doesn't cause abrtions) is the physical object, curing a uterine pathology such as endometriosis could be its moral object. They are not identical.

And when causing the death of a child by removing the mother's fallopian tube or cancerous uterus is the physical object, saving the mother's life might be the moral object. They too are not identical.

Might there be a clearer explanation about what makes a moral absolute?

Taking birth control pills for medically indicated reasons is not contraception. Indirect abortion is not direct abortion.

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