Catholic News Agency: The first 100 days: What Biden-Harris plan for life issues

Joseph Meaney, president of the National Catholic Bioethics Center, told CNA that former vice president Joe Biden has taken “the most extreme stance he could on the abortion issue.”

Joseph Meaney, PhD—NCBC PresidentSeptember 14, 2020Abortion, Birth Control and Contraception

“Being Pro-Life” Interview with DiAnn Ecret

In the second of our bioethics series, Dr. DiAnn Ecret of the National Catholic Bioethics Center discusses the detrimental effects of artificial birth control on the health of women and their relationships with their spouses. They also discuss the beauty of Natural Family Planning in effectively planning children, without any side effects.

“Being Pro-Life” Interview with Ted Furton

In the first video podcast of our Bioethics series, Dr. Ted Furton of the National Catholic Bioethics Center discusses Catholic bioethical research issues, including immunizations derived from aborted tissue cell lines, developing a COVID19 vaccine, and stem cell research.

Edward FurtonSeptember 14, 2020Vaccines and Vaccination, Abortion

Catholic News Agency: A Catholic Healthcare Worker Objected to Contraception. Her Catholic Clinic Fired Her.

A medical professional has been fired for objecting to certain medical procedures on the grounds of her Catholic faith. Worryingly, she was not fired from a secular hospital, but from a Catholic healthcare system— one that purports to follow Catholic teaching on bioethical issues.

Joe Zalot, PhD—Staff EthicistSeptember 10, 2020COVID-19, Vaccines and Vaccination, Abortion

Bioethics on Air: Episode 43: Further Ethical Perspectives on COVID-19 Vaccines

Joe Zalot, PhD—Staff EthicistSeptember 8, 2020Abortion, Stem Cell Research, COVID-19, Research

President’s Message: In Catholic Bioethics, All Lives are Precious

The difference between the Catholic perspective on the dignity and rights of human persons and those of many secular and liberal thinkers seems to be widening. The COVID-19 pandemic and recent events have only served to make the contrast even more stark between truly Catholic health care and other visions of public health or medicine.

Bioethics Public Policy Report: September 4, 2020

Joe Zalot, PhD—Staff EthicistSeptember 4, 2020Abortion, Government Mandates (ACA and HHS), Birth Control and Contraception, Sacraments, Human Sexuality, Gender Identity and Being Transgender, Vaccines and Vaccination, Persistent Vegetative State (PVS), Nutrition and Hydration, COVID-19

Seize the Day: Radio Interview on SiriusXM About Covid-19 Vaccine Developments

He says that although the Vatican has stated that Catholics can, in good conscience, accept those vaccines, they should make their objections known of the use of those types of cells.

Bioethics on Air: Episode 42: Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine—Is it Ethical?

Joe Zalot, PhD—Staff EthicistAugust 26, 2020Abortion, Stem Cell Research, Vaccines and Vaccination, COVID-19

Bioethics Public Policy Report: August 21, 2020

The Democrat party has nominated Joe Biden as its Presidential candidate and he has chosen California senator Kamala Harris as his running mate. For information on “what Catholics should know” about the Biden platform (and by extension the Democrat platform), click here. For information on “what Catholics should know” about Harris’ philosophy and voting record, click here. For Catholic perspectives on Harris, click here, here, here, and here.