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Brief Statement on Transgenderism
Brief Statement on Transgenderism
Statements by NCBC EthicistsNCBC EthicistsFebruary 22, 2017Catholic Health Care, Gender Identity and Being Transgender
Summary: Transgender Issues in Catholic Health Care
Summary: Transgender Issues in Catholic Health Care
FAQs and SummariesThe National Catholic Bioethics CenterFebruary 15, 2017Catholic Health Care, Gender Identity and Being Transgender, Professional Guidance
Summary: Catholic Pastoral and Canonical Responses to Transgenderism
Summary: Catholic Pastoral and Canonical Responses to Transgenderism
FAQs and SummariesThe National Catholic Bioethics CenterFebruary 15, 2017Gender Identity and Being Transgender
Summary: Transgenderism: Legal Issues and Mandates
Summary: Transgenderism: Legal Issues and Mandates
FAQs and SummariesThe National Catholic Bioethics CenterFebruary 15, 2017Gender Identity and Being Transgender, Catholic Health Care, Professional Guidance, Government Mandates (ACA and HHS)
Summary: Transgender Transitioning through Behavioral, Surgical, and Pharmacological Approaches
Summary: Transgender Transitioning through Behavioral, Surgical, and Pharmacological Approaches
FAQs and SummariesThe National Catholic Bioethics CenterFebruary 15, 2017Gender Identity and Being Transgender, Catholic Health Care, Professional Guidance
NCBQ 16.1 (Spring 2016): Long-Acting Contraceptives for Adolescents
NCBQ 16.1 (Spring 2016): Long-Acting Contraceptives for Adolescents
Statements by NCBC EthicistsThe National Catholic Bioethics CenterMay 15, 2016Birth Control and Contraception, Catholic Health Care, Human Sexuality
Zika Does Not Justify Abortion or Contraception
Zika Does Not Justify Abortion or Contraception
Statements by NCBC EthicistsNCBC EthicistsFebruary 22, 2016Abortion, Pregnancy Complications, Catholic Health Care, Beginning-of-Life Issues, Birth Control and Contraception
Dismay Regarding the Embryonic Research Decision in the United Kingdom
Dismay Regarding the Embryonic Research Decision in the United Kingdom
Statements by NCBC EthicistsNCBC EthicistsFebruary 8, 2016Research, Stem Cell Research, Genetics and Genome Editing
Summary: Infertility Treatments
Summary: Infertility Treatments
FAQs and SummariesThe National Catholic Bioethics CenterJuly 20, 2015Beginning-of-Life Issues, Reproductive Technologies, Pregnancy Complications, Marriage, Natural Family Planning (NFP)
Summary: Early Induction of Labor
Summary: Early Induction of Labor
FAQs and SummariesThe National Catholic Bioethics CenterJuly 20, 2015Pregnancy Complications, Beginning-of-Life Issues
Summary: POLST (Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment)
Summary: POLST (Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment)
FAQs and SummariesThe National Catholic Bioethics CenterJuly 20, 2015Advance Directives and POLST, End-of-Life Issues, Nutrition and Hydration, Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)
Medicare Funding of Advance Care Planning: The NCBC Raises Caution
Medicare Funding of Advance Care Planning: The NCBC Raises Caution
Statements by NCBC EthicistsNCBC EthicistsJuly 10, 2015Advance Directives and POLST, End-of-Life Issues, Nutrition and Hydration, Government Mandates (ACA and HHS)
The NCBC Responds to Supreme Court Ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges
The NCBC Responds to Supreme Court Ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges
Statements by NCBC EthicistsThe National Catholic Bioethics CenterJune 26, 2015Marriage, Human Sexuality
Transfer of Care vs. Referral: A Crucial Moral Distinction
Transfer of Care vs. Referral: A Crucial Moral Distinction
Statements by NCBC EthicistsNCBC EthicistsMay 1, 2015Catholic Health Care, Professional Guidance, Consultation, Cooperation and Double Effect
Summary: Maternal-Fetal Conflicts
Summary: Maternal-Fetal Conflicts
FAQs and SummariesThe National Catholic Bioethics CenterFebruary 16, 2015Pregnancy Complications, Beginning-of-Life Issues
Summary: Moral Teaching Serves the Human Person
Summary: Moral Teaching Serves the Human Person
FAQs and SummariesThe National Catholic Bioethics CenterFebruary 16, 2015Catholic Health Care, Cooperation and Double Effect, Conscience and Civil Liberties, Research, Human Sexuality
Summary: Natural Family Planning (NFP)
Summary: Natural Family Planning (NFP)
FAQs and SummariesThe National Catholic Bioethics CenterFebruary 16, 2015Natural Family Planning (NFP), Reproductive Technologies, Birth Control and Contraception, Beginning-of-Life Issues
Summary: Problematic Marital Issues
Summary: Problematic Marital Issues
FAQs and SummariesThe National Catholic Bioethics CenterFebruary 16, 2015Marriage, Human Sexuality, Birth Control and Contraception, Reproductive Technologies
Summary: Ministering to Those with a Same-Sex Attraction
Summary: Ministering to Those with a Same-Sex Attraction
FAQs and SummariesThe National Catholic Bioethics CenterFebruary 16, 2015Human Sexuality, Professional Guidance
The Ice Bucket Challenge and Lou Gehrig’s Disease Research
The Ice Bucket Challenge and Lou Gehrig’s Disease Research
Statements by NCBC EthicistsThe National Catholic Bioethics CenterAugust 22, 2014Charitable Giving, Persons with Disabilities, Stem Cell Research, Cooperation and Double Effect
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The National Catholic Bioethics Center provides education, guidance, and resources to the Church and society to uphold the dignity of the human person in health care and biomedical research, thereby sharing in the ministry of Jesus Christ and his Church. The NCBC envisions a world in which the integral understanding of the human person underlying Catholic teaching on respect for human life and dignity is better understood and more widely embraced in America and worldwide.

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