The subtitle to the conference upon which this journal issue is based invited us to ‘follow Crowter’. This paper does so primarily by following the person and only thereby attends to the legal judgment. In particular, it will attend to her comment that When mum told me about the discrimination against babies like me in the womb, I felt like a knife had been put into my heart. It made me feel less valued than other people. The argument is that (I) there are strong reasons for such an approach from the field of theological ethics and that this is valuable for pastoral theology and for bioethics. With this case made, the argument proceeds (II) by following and building on three elements of Heidi Crowter’s words concerning (a) the knife (b) the heart and (c) the person. The argument concludes (III) with theological reflection and deliberation regarding institutions, practices and actions which will make for ‘ethical society’, principally focussed on ecclesial life.

本期期刊所依据的会议副标题邀请我们“关注克劳特”。本文主要通过跟踪该人来做到这一点，从而关注法律判断。尤其是她的评论，当妈妈告诉我像我这样的婴儿在子宫里受到歧视时，我感觉就像一把刀插入了我的心。这让我感觉自己比其他人更不被重视。论点是（I）从神学伦理学领域来看，这种方法有充分的理由，并且这对于教牧神学和生物伦理学很有价值。在这个案例中，论证继续（II），遵循并建立在海蒂·克劳特关于（a）刀（b）心和（c）人的三个要素的基础上。论证的结论是（III），对机构、实践和行动进行神学反思和深思熟虑，这些机构、实践和行动将有助于建立“道德社会”，主要关注教会生活。