Bioethics Public Policy Report: May 2, 2023

BPPRJoe Zalot, PhD—Staff EthicistMay 2, 2023Abortion, Gender Identity and Being Transgender, Gender identity, Human Sexuality, Vaccines and Vaccination, Conscience and Civil Liberties, Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia, COVID-19

NCBC Submits Public Comment on Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act

NCBC Submits Public Comment Opposing the Weakening of Conscience Protections RE: the “HHS Contraceptive Mandate"

On behalf of The National Catholic Bioethics Center, the National Association of Catholic Nurses, U.S.A., and the Catholic Medical Association we wish to submit the following comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in opposition to some of the proposed changes to conscience protections to the 2019 Final Rule entitled “Protecting Statutory Conscience Rights in Health Care; Delegations of Authority.”

Public Comment to DEA on the Proposed Rule Requiring In-Person Medical Assessment for the Prescription of Controlled Substances

Public Comment Supporting “Telemedicine Prescribing of Controlled Substances When the Practitioner and the Patient Have Not Had a Prior In-Person Medical Evaluation”

Bioethics Public Policy Report: March 21, 2023

BPPRJoe Zalot, PhD—Staff EthicistMarch 21, 2023Abortion, Gender Identity and Being Transgender, Gender identity, Reproductive Technologies, Human Sexuality

Public Comment to HHS on the Proposed 2023 Conscience Rule Undoing Some of the Protections of President Trump’s 2019 Rule

Public Comment Opposed to Some of the Provisions in “Safeguarding the Rights of
Conscience as Protected by Federal Statutes"

Bioethics Public Policy Report: March 3, 2023

BPPRJoe Zalot, PhD—Staff EthicistMarch 3, 2023Abortion, Gender Identity and Being Transgender, Gender identity, Brain death

Bioethics Public Policy Report: February 17, 2023

BPPRJoe Zalot, PhD—Staff EthicistFebruary 17, 2023Abortion, Gender Identity and Being Transgender, Gender identity, COVID-19, Vaccines and Vaccination, Reproductive Technologies

Bioethics Public Policy Report: February 3, 2023

BPPR, ArchivedJoe Zalot, PhD—Staff EthicistFebruary 3, 2023Abortion, Conscience and Civil Liberties, Gender Identity and Being Transgender, Gender identity, Birth Control and Contraception, Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia

Bioethics Public Policy Report: January 20, 2023

BPPRJoe Zalot, PhD—Staff EthicistJanuary 20, 2023Abortion, Conscience and Civil Liberties, Gender Identity and Being Transgender, Gender identity, Birth Control and Contraception, COVID-19, Vaccines and Vaccination, Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia

Bioethics Public Policy Report: January 6, 2023

BPPRJoe Zalot, PhD—Staff EthicistJanuary 6, 2023Abortion, Conscience and Civil Liberties, Gender Identity and Being Transgender, Gender identity, Birth Control and Contraception, COVID-19, Vaccines and Vaccination, Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia

NCBC joins the USCCB and 4 other Organizations in Opposing the Definition of “Sex” in HHS Regulations Pursuant to the Affordable Care Act

NCBC joins the USCCB and 4 other Organizations in Opposing the Definition of “Sex” in HHS Regulations Pursuant to the Affordable Care Act.

Non-prescription Drugs Advisory Committee and the Obstetrics, Reproductive and Urologic Drugs Advisory Committee

Joint Meeting of the Non-prescription Drugs Advisory Committee and the Obstetrics, Reproductive and Urologic Drugs Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting; Establishment of a Public Docket; Request for Comment

NCBC, joining with other organizations, convinces court that US HHS’ recent EMTALA guidance should be enjoined.

Texas v. Becerra Order

The Supreme Court’s holding in Dobbs that the Constitution confers no right to an abortion caused a sea change, generating novel questions about the interplay of federal and state law. This case presents one such question: Does a 1986 federal law ensuring emergency medical care for the poor and uninsured, known as EMTALA, require doctors to provide abortions when doing so would violate state law? Texas law already overlaps with EMTALA to a significant degree, allowing abortions in life-threatening conditions and for the removal of an ectopic or miscarried pregnancy. But in Dobbs’s wake and in an attempt to resolve any potential conflict with state law, the Department of Health and Human Services issued Guidance purporting to remind providers of their existing EMTALA obligations to provide abortions regardless of state law.

CHCLA’s Amicus Brief

BRIEF OF THE CATHOLIC HEALTH CARE LEADERSHIP ALLIANCE,
CATHOLIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, CATHOLIC BENEFITS ASSOCIATION,
CATHOLIC BAR ASSOCIATION, THE NATIONAL CATHOLIC BIOETHICS
CENTER, CHRIST MEDICUS FOUNDATION AND NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
CATHOLIC NURSES-U.S.A. AS AMICI CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS’
MOTION FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER

The NCBC Offers Comment to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevntion Fertility Awareness Methods

The National Catholic Bioethics Center, the Catholic Medical Association, and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issue a join statement.

Establish Membership Requirements of Uterus Transplant Programs proposed by the OPTN

Vascularized Composite Allograft (VCA) Transplantation Committee. We wish to focus on the

following OPTN Bylaws changes:

D: Additional Primary Surgeon Requirements for Uterus Transplant Programs

J.4: Primary Obstetrician-Gynecologist Requirement for Uterus Transplant Programs

J.5: Uterus Transplant Programs That Perform Living Donor Recovery

A. Living Donor Medical Evaluation

B. Living Donor Psychological Evaluation

C. Independent Living Donor Advocate (ILDA)

D. Living Donor Uterus Surgeon Requirements

OPTN Strategic Plan as it pertains to Public Comment: Proposal Establish Membership Requirements for Uterus Transplant Programs

Thank you for the opportunity to provide public comment on behalf of The National

Catholic Bioethics Center, the National Catholic Partnership on Disability, the Catholic Medical

Association, and the National Association of Catholic Nurses, USA. We wish to address the

Establish Membership Requirements of Uterus Transplant Programs proposed by the OPTN

Vascularized Composite Allograft (VCA) Transplantation Committee. We wish to focus on the

following OPTN Bylaws changes:

D: Additional Primary Surgeon Requirements for Uterus Transplant Programs

J.4: Primary Obstetrician-Gynecologist Requirement for Uterus Transplant Programs

J.5: Uterus Transplant Programs That Perform Living Donor Recovery

A. Living Donor Medical Evaluation

B. Living Donor Psychological Evaluation

C. Independent Living Donor Advocate (ILDA)

D. Living Donor Uterus Surgeon Requirements

Public Comment in Opposition to Requirements for Insurance Issuers to Include Transgender Procedures

Ensuring access to health coverage and health care, and removing barriers to these, is without question a laudable goal. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that “Everyone has a right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family including … medical care,” thus acknowledging health care as a basic human right. Catholic teaching agrees. “Concern for the health of its citizens requires that society help in the attainment of living conditions that allow them to grow and reach maturity … [which includes] health care….” Catholic Catechism, no. 2288. Health care should be available to everyone and, toward that end, no one should be without health coverage nor discriminated against in that regard.

The Health Education and Relationships for Teens Study

NCBC Senior Fellow is one of 240 professional women advocating for the unborn before the US Supreme Court.