Public Comments & Briefs
Senior Fellow Marie Hilliard holds graduate degrees in maternal–child health nursing, religious studies, canon law, and professional higher education administration. She has been recognized for her involvement in health care advocacy at the state and national levels and was honored at the Second Annual International Nurses Day at the United Nations for her exemplary practice in the global delivery of health care. Dr. Hilliard has been a board member of several state and national organizations, including the Canon Law Society of America. She is an Army colonel (ret.), serving for more than twenty years, including as an acting deputy commander for a United States Army Reserve Brigade responsible for nursing and medic training for the northeastern United States.
The National Catholic Bioethics Center monitors developments in public policy that affect human dignity and respond with written comment and/or testimony as advocates for the protection of human dignity. These comments are shared broadly with other agencies and with NCBC constituents in order to keep all interested individuals informed so that they are better prepared to provide their own response.
