Challenging in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Biden administration’s attempt to force Catholics to engage in transgender procedures.

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.

Marie Hilliard, JCD, PhD, RN—Senior FellowDecember 15, 2021Research, Stem Cell Research

Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization - NCBC and the CMA: A Presence and a Voice for the Unborn

All amici seek to have the Court overturn Roe
v. Wade, which prevents States from providing any
meaningful protection for unborn children.

Marie Hilliard, JCD, PhD, RN—Senior FellowDecember 2, 2021Research, Stem Cell Research

The Health Education and Relationships for Teens Study

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.

Marie Hilliard, JCD, PhD, RN—Senior FellowNovember 18, 2021Research, Stem Cell Research

NCBC Recommends to U.S. HHS that Institutional Review Board Policies Stipulate Protections for Human Research Subjects who are Pregnant Women, Human Fetuses and Neonates, Prisoners, and Children

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.

Marie Hilliard, JCD, PhD, RN—Senior FellowSeptember 29, 2021Research, Stem Cell Research

The Duty to Care and Compassion Fatigue

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.

Joseph Meaney, PhD—NCBC PresidentSeptember 24, 2021Research, Stem Cell Research

COVID, The Common Good, Conscience, and Charity

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.

Joseph Meaney, PhD—NCBC PresidentSeptember 10, 2021Research, Stem Cell Research

We Should Be Concerned about Chimeras

Joseph Meaney, PhD—NCBC PresidentJune 18, 2021Research, Stem Cell Research