Matthew Hanley, a recent Senior Fellow with The National Catholic Bioethics Center, has been named the winner of this year’s international scientific Ratio et Spes award. The prestigious award is given jointly by the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Poland and the Vatican-based Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI Foundation.
Read MoreThe National Catholic Bioethics Center joins the National Association of Catholic Nurses, USA in urging that, if a person chooses to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, and there is a choice of vaccines, a vaccine which has the least association with cells from an aborted fetus be selected.
Read MoreSwitzerland’s medical review board recently authorized use of the Sarco Suicide Pod. This is the latest in a long line of death machines that agents of the Culture of Death have enthusiastically proposed. Clearly, The National Catholic Bioethics Center (NCBC), and all those who believe in Hippocratic medicine, unequivocally condemn such clever instruments for committing suicide.
Read MoreNCBC’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.
Read MoreAll amici seek to have the Court overturn Roe
v. Wade, which prevents States from providing any
meaningful protection for unborn children.
What a surprise to sit down on a commuter train and see an ad picturing a newborn baby held tightly by a woman with the tag line “overcoming infertility with a uterine transplant.” Bioethics is truly everywhere these days. One’s first emotional reaction is positive. Who would not want to make the joy of bringing a beautiful baby into the world possible? A further moment’s reflection also suggested another favorable thought. Infertility is sometimes caused by a lack of healthy functioning organs that in many cases can be treated.
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