Many Parents are Dealing with Impossible Situations When her water broke at 22 weeks, Fatima Goines was told by doctors to prepare for the death of her premature daughter. She was delivering at the Methodist hospital in Minneapolis. There, Goines’ doctors told her that once her baby was born, she could hold her until she… Continue reading Saving Premature Babies is Now Possible Earlier than Ever. Why are so Many Hospitals Declining to Treat?
by Joseph Meaney, PhD, KM, for the National Catholic Bioethics CenterOctober 8, 2024 The Bioethics of Ballot Initiatives There are 26 US states that allow citizen-initiated ballot measures, and they often center on ethically charged issues like abortion, assisted suicide, or even legalizing recreational marijuana. 2024 saw a record 10 state ballot initiatives concerning abortion… Continue reading Lessons in Catholic Bioethics: The Bioethics of Ballot Initiatives
by Joseph Meaney, PhD, KM, for the National Catholic Bioethics CenterOctober 8, 2024 Choosing the Lesser Evil in Voting On his flight back from his recent pastoral visit to Asia, Pope Francis had an informal in-flight press conference. An American journalist, Anna Matranga, from CBS News, tried to draw a moral equivalence between supporting abortion… Continue reading Lessons in Catholic Bioethics: Lesser Evil in Voting
NCBC Announces New Symposium on Brain Death Questions The National Catholic Bioethics Center recently announced their new symposium to discuss questions about the ethics of brain death. The new symposium is called “Integrity in the Concept and Determination of Brain Death”, and it will be taking place on 2/28/2025. Read their press release from 10/1/2024… Continue reading Announcement from the National Catholic Bioethics Center: New Symposium to Address Challenging Questions about Brain Death
by Joseph Meaney, PhD, KM, for the National Catholic Bioethics CenterSeptember 24, 2024 A Tragic Milestone Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) is the official term in Canada for euthanasia that was legalized in 2016. The number of people dying at the hands of a doctor or even nurse practitioner there has grown every year and… Continue reading Lessons in Catholic Bioethics: MAiD in Canada Hits a Tragic Milestone
by Joseph Meaney, PhD, KM, for the National Catholic Bioethics CenterJuly 29, 2024 The Catholic Vision of Healthcare The Catholic vision of healthcare is one of respecting the dignity of the person and addressing all the needs of patients; physical, psychological, and spiritual. The healthcare ministries of the Church strive to heal the sick but… Continue reading Lessons in Catholic Bioethics: A False Charge Against Catholic Healthcare
by Joseph Meaney, PhD, KM, for the National Catholic Bioethics CenterJuly 15, 2024 Examining the Term “Persistent Vegetative State” The term Persistent Vegetative State (PVS) is commonly used to describe patients who are brain-injured and in a wakeful but unconscious state. Ethically, it is highly problematic and even pejorative to refer to living human beings… Continue reading Lessons in Catholic Bioethics: “Let’s Avoid the Term ‘Vegetative State’”
by John M. Haas, PhD, STL, MDiV, for the National Catholic Bioethics CenterJune 7, 2024 Human Embryos are Living Beings Human embryos are living beings and yet some scientists, politicians, ethicists, and even theologians have fallen into the rhetorical trap of speaking about their “destruction” rather than their being killed. Logic and correct use of… Continue reading Lessons in Catholic Bioethics: Why You Cannot Destroy Human Embryos
Catholic Physicians face Moral Debates in the rise of Mifepristone and gender-affirming surgeries As states become battlegrounds for difficult medical decisions regarding chemical abortions and gender-affirming surgeries, Solidarity President and Co-Founder Chris Faddis joins Molly Smith on From The Median to discuss these difficult topics. Interview Audio Interview Text Announcer (00:00): The following program is… Continue reading From Chemical Abortions to Gender-Affirming Surgeries, Chris Faddis explores the difficult topics
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