here are ethical rules for protesting, just as there are for everything else that one does. Resorting to violence and vandalism are two of the most unethical actions associated with modern protests. I have participated in many marches, life chains, and other public denunciations of abortion over the years.
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A shocking news headline grabbed my attention recently: “Conscientious objection ‘may become indefensible’ according to new WHO guidance.” Rights of conscience, like all other fundamental human rights, do have limits and certain conditions that must apply for their exercise, but what could possibly justify the World Health Organization (WHO) rhetorically condemning conscientious objection?
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Switzerland’s medical review board recently authorized use of the Sarco Suicide Pod. This is the latest in a long line of death machines that agents of the Culture of Death have enthusiastically proposed. Clearly, The National Catholic Bioethics Center (NCBC), and all those who believe in Hippocratic medicine, unequivocally condemn such clever instruments for committing suicide.
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NCBC’s colleague university, the University of Mary, joined others in challenging in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit the Biden administration’s attempt to force Catholic agencies to violate conscience and engage in scientifically indefensible and mutilating transgender procedures. Two lower court decisions have supported the position of the University and its companion agencies. NCBC’s certification graduates have the opportunity to transfer for their last nine months of distance learning for a Master of Science degree in Bioethics at the University of Mary. Dr. Marie Hilliard, NCBC Senior fellow is faculty in this graduate program.
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All amici seek to have the Court overturn Roe
v. Wade, which prevents States from providing any
meaningful protection for unborn children.
What a surprise to sit down on a commuter train and see an ad picturing a newborn baby held tightly by a woman with the tag line “overcoming infertility with a uterine transplant.” Bioethics is truly everywhere these days. One’s first emotional reaction is positive. Who would not want to make the joy of bringing a beautiful baby into the world possible? A further moment’s reflection also suggested another favorable thought. Infertility is sometimes caused by a lack of healthy functioning organs that in many cases can be treated.
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RE: Document Identifier: OS-0990–New–60D
Project Title: The Health Education and Relationships for Teens Study
Dear Ms. Funn:
Thank you for the opportunity to provide public comment on behalf of The National
Catholic Bioethics Center (NCBC), the National Association of Catholic Nurses, USA (NACN-
USA), and Teen STAR to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). We wish
to address the public comment request concerning The Health Education and Relationships for
Teens Study (HEARTS) collection of evaluative information. We wish to focus on the following
HEARTS subjects pertaining to collection of information:
1. The necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for the proper
performance of the agency’s functions.
2. Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected.
Recently I have reflected on how a key aspect of the ethical framework proposed by the Catholic Church turned the world on its head. The moral judgment that the rich, powerful, and privileged should serve and care for the poor, weak, and underprivileged was a revolutionary concept.
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I recently had a rather shocking experience. Irresponsible reporting on Twitter and a blog accused me of lying to deceive Catholics. TThe reports linked to a brief part of an interview I had done on EWTN’s Pro-Life Weekly program almost a year ago. I said (correctly) that there was no link to abortion in the manufacture of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. (In fact, no cell lines at all are used to produce these new MRNA vaccines.) So far, so good.
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Document Identifier: OS–0990–New: Process, for proposed research involving: (1)
Pregnant women, human fetuses and neonates; (2) prisoners; or, (3) children, as subjects that
are not otherwise approval by an IRB. Specific focus of respondents on: the accuracy of the
estimated burden; and ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected.
There are disturbing reports of a small number of health workers, primarily physicians, refusing to see or treat unvaccinated persons. The American Medical Association’s (AMA) director of ethics policy and secretary to the AMA Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs felt the issue was important enough to weigh in and reiterate a basic principle of medical ethics.
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The National Catholic Bioethics Center (NCBC) is an institution that strives to serve the Church and faithful Catholics who face difficult ethical dilemmas. The COVID-19 pandemic has provided quite a few, the most recent related to COVID vaccine mandates.
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The National Catholic Bioethics Center (NCBC) provides education, guidance, and resources to the Church and society to uphold the dignity of the human person in health care and biomedical research. In fulfilling its mission, the NCBC draws on the full range of the teachings of the Church, including its social teachings, which provide guidance on appropriate respect for persons while building up the common good.The National Catholic Bioethics Center (NCBC) provides education, guidance, and resources to the Church and society to uphold the dignity of the human person in health care and biomedical research. In fulfilling its mission, the NCBC draws on the full range of the teachings of the Church, including its social teachings, which provide guidance on appropriate respect for persons while building up the common good.
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Journalists and others have increasingly employed the problematic phrases “vaccine hesitancy” or “vaccine hesitant” to describe those who have so far not accepted one of the currently available COVID-19 vaccines.
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Recently, President Biden released his Fiscal Year 2022 budget in which he proposes to eliminate the Hyde Amendment and some related pro-life provisions. Calling for elimination of Hyde in a president’s budget is unprecedented.
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The Roman Catholic Church teaches that a person may be required to refuse a medical intervention, including a vaccination, if his or her informed conscience comes to this sure judgment. While the Catholic Church does not prohibit the use of any vaccine, and generally encourages the use of safe and effective vaccines as a way of safeguarding personal and public health, the following authoritative Church teachings demonstrate the principled religious basis on which a Catholic may determine that he or she ought to refuse certain vaccines.
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The Roman Catholic Church teaches that a person may be required to refuse a medical intervention, including a vaccination, if his or her informed conscience comes to this sure judgment. While the Catholic Church does not prohibit the use of any vaccine, and generally encourages the use of safe and effective vaccines as a way of safeguarding personal and public health, the following authoritative Church teachings demonstrate the principled religious basis on which a Catholic may determine that he or she ought to refuse certain vaccines.
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