“…59 In 1978, McCormick returned to the encyclical but now his main preoccupation was with conscience vis-à-vis all sorts of conflicts. 60 In the interim, McCormick pursued two basic tracks, first contemporary issues like genetics, abortion and the decision of Roe v. Wade (1973), sterilization, the care for the dying, the "Declaration on Certain Questions concerning Sexual Ethics" (Persona Humana), 61 and the reply of the CTSA Committee Report on Sexuality. 62 Second, he reported on emerging methodological proposals for conscientious norm-making, particularly in the face of these conflicts: consequentialism, deontology, and teleology.…”