Dr. Tim Millea, an orthopedic surgeon (retired) and Chair of the Catholic Medical Association’s (CMA) Health Care Policy subcommittee, joins Joe Zalot to discuss important ethical challenges facing Catholic health care in the United States, and the work of the CMA in addressing them. In part two of the interview, Tim addresses chemical abortion, transgenderism, brain death, assisted suicide, and the need for conscience and religious liberty protections for health care professionals.
Read MoreNCBC ethicists Dr. Ted Furton and Dr. John Brehany join Joe Zalot to discuss the USCCB Doctrine Committee’s “Doctrinal Note on the Moral Limits to Technological Manipulation of the Human Body” and the impact it can have on Catholic health care.
Read MoreBishop John Barres, ordinary of the Diocese of Rockville Centre (Long Island)—along with canon lawyer Fr. Brandon O’Brien—discuss the bishop’s governance with regard to Catholic health care, as well as his role in fostering its Catholic identity and ethical integrity.
Read MoreJenny Ingles, Director of Fertility and Life Ministries for the Diocese of Lansing, Michigan, discusses her state’s Proposal 3. If enacted by voters, Proposal 3 would enshrine the so-called right to abortion in the Michigan state constitution.
Read MoreNursing student Elizabeth Niekrewicz and nurse educator DiAnn Ecret address ethical challenges facing nursing students both in the classroom and in clinicals. Issues discussed include the importance of—and changing nature of—the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics, hierarchal power dynamics, and differing interpretations of the term advocacy.
Read MorePro-life OB/GYN Chris Stroud continues his critique of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists’ March 2022 ‘guidance’ on how to speak about abortion. This interview focuses on ACOG’s deceptive claims concerning dismemberment abortion and what the word term means.
Read MorePro-life OB/GYN Chris Stroud joins Bioethics on Air to critique the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists’ March 2022 ‘guidance’ on how to speak about abortion. This interview focuses on ACOG’s claim that we can no longer use the terms baby, unborn child, or fetal heartbeat.
Read MoreSteven White, MD and NCBC President Joseph Meaney join Joe Zalot introduce the newly formed Catholic Health Care Leadership Alliance (CHCLA). Steve and Joseph explain why the alliance was formed, discuss its founding members, and set an ambitious agenda to transform Catholic health care.
Read MoreFamily Medicine physician Lisa Gilbert discusses the ethical challenges surrounding referrals for illicit medical interventions, the distinction between referral and transfer of care, and her work advocating for the conscience rights of medical professionals.
Read MoreIn the final part of her interview, Mary Rice Hasson discusses the role of the Catholic Church in combating gender ideology.
Read MoreMary Rice Hasson, Director of the Catholic Women’s Forum at the Ethics Public Policy Center, joins Joe Zalot to explain what gender ideology is and to discuss the center’s “Person and Identity” Project.
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Read MoreRoger Severino, former Director of the Office for Civil Rights at the US Department of Health and Human Services, joins Joe Zalot to discuss his work protecting the rights of conscience and religious liberty. He also speaks to challenges that these core values face in the Biden administration.
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Read MoreNCBC President Dr. Joseph Meaney and Director of Publications Dr. Ted Furton join Joe Zalot to discuss health care-related ethical challenges that are likely to arise under the new administration.
Read MoreAttorney Eric Kniffin joins Joe Zalot to discuss the US Supreme Court’s recent Bostock v. Clayton County decision, particularly its religious liberty implications.
Read MoreEthicist Edward Furton discusses the Catholic response to transgender ideology as well as the clinical challenges associated with transgender patients.
Read MoreEthicist Edward Furton discusses the significance of replacing the diagnosis of gender identity disorder with gender dysphoria, the ideological motivations for this change, and the numerous moral challenges it creates.
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