Bioethics Public Policy Report: October 23, 2023

BPPRGuest UserOctober 23, 2023Abortion, Gender Identity and Being Transgender, conscience and religious liberties, Human Sexuality, Conscience and Civil Liberties, Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia

Bioethics Public Policy Report: October 10, 2023

BPPRGuest UserOctober 10, 2023Abortion, Gender Identity and Being Transgender, conscience and religious liberties, Human Sexuality, Conscience and Civil Liberties, Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia

The CMA, The NCBC, and the NACN-USA Submitted a Public Comment in Opposition to Significant Provisions of the EEOC's "Regulations to Implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act"

Yesterday, EPPC scholars Eric Kniffin and Natalie Dodson submitted a public comment opposing a proposed rule by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that would rewrite sex discrimination provisions in more than a dozen laws that undergird federal grant programs. HHS proposes applying these provisions as if they also prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

NCBC Partners with Other Organizations to Oppose Violations of Conscience in the HHS Grant Allocation Process

Yesterday, EPPC scholars Eric Kniffin and Natalie Dodson submitted a public comment opposing a proposed rule by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that would rewrite sex discrimination provisions in more than a dozen laws that undergird federal grant programs. HHS proposes applying these provisions as if they also prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

CMA Releases Position Paper on Gender Ideology and Its Harm to Children

Phoenix, Ariz. – September 9, 2023 – At the Catholic Medical Association's 92nd Annual Educational Conference in Phoenix Arizona, CMA released its anticipated position paper, The Ideology of Gender Harms Children, in the presence of more than 700 attendees.

HilliardMarie Hilliard, JCD, PhD, RN—Senior FellowSeptember 25, 2023Reproductive Technologies

NCBC Partners with Other Organizations to Oppose Violations of Conscience in the HHS Grant Allocation Process

EPPC scholars Eric Kniffin and Natalie Dodson submitted a public comment opposing a proposed rule by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that would rewrite sex discrimination provisions in more than a dozen laws that undergird federal grant programs. HHS proposes applying these provisions as if they also prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

HilliardMarie Hilliard, JCD, PhD, RN—Senior FellowSeptember 14, 2023Reproductive Technologies

NCBC and CMA Join Other Organizations in Attempting to Protect Women from the FDA's Dangerous Policies on Chemical Abortion

The undersigned counsel of record certifies that the following listed persons and entities as described in the fourth sentence of Rule 28.2.1 have an interest in the outcome of this case. These representations are made in order that the judges of this Court may evaluate possible disqualification or recusal.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit ruled U.S. FDA Must Restore Safeguards for Chemical Abortion Drugs

Plaintiff Dr. Cami Jo Tice-Harouff is a family nurse practitioner who instructs patients in fertility awareness-based methods of family planning. For the past five years, regulations issued by the Health Resources and Services Administration have required insurers to cover the full cost of this instruction.

Decision of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas: Federal Administration Forced to Fund Fertility Awareness as a Preventable Service Under the Affordable Care Act

Decision of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas: Federal Administration Forced to Fund Fertility Awareness (Method of Natural Family Planning) As a Preventable Service Under the Affordable Care Act: Biden admin. to pay nearly $65K for family planning policy change | Politics News (christianpost.com).

Bioethics Public Policy Report: August 8, 2023

BPPRJoe Zalot, PhD—Staff EthicistAugust 8, 2023Abortion, Gender Identity and Being Transgender, conscience and religious liberties, Human Sexuality, Conscience and Civil Liberties, Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia

Bioethics Public Policy Report: July 25, 2023

BPPRJoe Zalot, PhD—Staff EthicistJuly 25, 2023Abortion, Gender Identity and Being Transgender, conscience and religious liberties, Human Sexuality, Conscience and Civil Liberties, Brain death, Genetics and Genome Editing, Birth Control and Contraception

Statement of the NCBC to the Determination of Death Committee of the Uniform Law Commission

Hilliard, Public Comments and BriefsThe National Catholic Bioethics CenterJuly 21, 2023Brain death

Bioethics Public Policy Report: July 11, 2023

BPPRJoe Zalot, PhD—Staff EthicistJuly 11, 2023Abortion, Gender Identity and Being Transgender, conscience and religious liberties, Human Sexuality, Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia, Conscience and Civil Liberties

NCBC Joins Others in Amicus Opposing Federal Governments Insistence that Emergency Rooms Must Provide Abortions

HilliardMarie Hilliard, JCD, PhD, RN—Senior FellowJuly 11, 2023Reproductive Technologies

NCBC Joins Others in Opposing HHS Reproductive Privacy Health Care Rule

HilliardMarie Hilliard, JCD, PhD, RN—Senior FellowJuly 11, 2023Reproductive Technologies

NCBC Joins EPPC Scholars and Others in Opposing HIPAA Reproductive Health Care Policy

On behalf of the National Catholic Bioethics Center (Center), the National Association of
Catholic Nurses, USA, and the Catholic Medical Association (the latter two referred to as the
Associations), we respectfully submit the following comments on the proposed rule, published
by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) at 88 Fed. Reg. 23506 (Apr. 17,
2023), in the above-captioned matter.