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    • Joseph Meaney, Ph.D., Named President of the NCBC
    • Statement of The National Catholic Bioethics Center on Salpingectomy to Reduce Cancer Risk (Updated)
    • The Passing of Elio Cardinal Sgreccia
    • NCBC Joins Other Organizations Decrying Misnomer of the Congressional “Equality Act 2019.”
    • NCBC joins CMA in Applauding AMA for Opposing Physician Assisted Suicide
    • Notice to Physicians from the USCCB Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities on PAS
    • Joint NCBC Letter to Congress on the Equality Act
    • The NCBC Congratulates the HHS on Its Conscience Rule
    • Deborah O'Hara-Rusckowski's Papal Audience
    • NCBC Urges Lawmakers, Catholics to Oppose “The Equality Act”
    • NCBC Letter to Congress on Conscience Protection Act
    • The ANA Center for Ethics and Human Rights Advisory Board seeks public comment on the proposed position statement "The Nurse's Role When a Patient Requests Aid in Dying"
    • Supreme Court Dismantles Texas Safety Requirements for Abortion
    • Commentary on the CDF Responsum of December 10, 2018
    • National Catholic Bioethics Center: NCBC Welcomes the Conscience and Free Speech Protections of U.S. HHS.
    • NCBC Comments on Stormans v. Weisman
    • NCBC Welcomes HHS Final Rule Protective of Employer Conscience
    • Bioethics and Public Policy Report: June 2016
    • Opportunistic Salpingectomy to Reduce the Risk of Ovarian Cancer
    • The National Catholic Bioethics Center Mourns the Death of the Most Reverend Robert C. Morlino
    • The AAFP's New "Neutral" Stance on Assisted Suicide
    • The NCBC Congratulates the Little Sisters of the Poor on HHS Mandate
    • Summer Issue of the NCBQ Is Now Online
    • National Catholic Bioethics Center Supports Conscience Protection Act of 2016
    • Public Comment to the US HHS on Proposed Rule Prohibiting Title X Abortion Funding
    • John Di Camillo Graduates from Pontifical Athenaeum
    • Zika Does Not Justify Abortion or Contraception
    • Commercial Markets Created by Abortion
    • The NCBC Signs Amicus Brief in Defense of Priest for Life
    • Fostering Programs that Respect the Life and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities
    • Message on the Shingles Vaccine from Greg Schleppenbach, Associate Director of the Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities
    • Commentary on Gender Identity in Community Planning and Development Programs
    • Dismay Regarding the Embryonic Research Decision in the United Kingdom
    • Coverage of Immoral Procedures under the Affordable Care Act
    • Medicare Funding of Advance Care Planning: The NCBC Raises Caution
    • NCBC and Catholic Nurses File Supreme Court Brief in Support of Women's Health
    • Reaction to the AMA's Decision on Physician-Assisted Suicide
    • Gender Identity Mandate Threatens Freedom of Conscience
    • Two Victories for The NCBC in Defense of Human Dignity
    • The Continued Defense of Religious Liberty
    • The NCBC Comments on Human Subject Research
    • The NCBC Completes Successful Seminar in Los Angeles
    • The NCBC Supports the Rights of Embryos as Human Beings Not to be Treated as Property
    • The NCBC Responds to Supreme Court Ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges
    • Marie Hilliard Receives Award At United Nations
    • Call to Action: Protect Conscience Rights of Health Care Providers
    • Physician-Assisted Suicide Advances in California
    • Response to the Supreme Court Decision in King v. Burwell
    • Official Testimony on Three-Parent Embryos for the Institute of Medicine
    • NCBC and the NCPD Continue Working to Protect those with Disabilities
    • The Alfie Evans Case - Fr. Tad & Raymond Arroyo - The World Over
    • Clergy Conference, Springfield, MA
    • Sts. Simon and Jude parish in West Chester, PA
    • HHS Mandate Continues to Oppress as The NCBC Defends Religious Freedom
    • St. John Paul II Foundation
    • The Ice Bucket Challenge and Lou Gehrig's Disease Research
    • Physician-Assisted Suicide and the Death of Brittany Maynard
    • Presbyteral Assembly Brownsville
    • Transfer of Care vs. Referral: A Crucial Moral Distinction
    • Diocese of Brownsville Presbyteral Council
    • The NCBC Response to SCOTUS Decision in Support of Religious Freedom
    • St. John Paul II Foundation, Houston
    • 500 Groups Join the NCBC in Protecting Health Care Coverage
    • Annunciation BVM
    • WATCH: Father Tad Live Television Interview -- March for Life Special
    • Faith-Based Response to Pain Management
    • Convocation for clergy
    • Catholic Nurses get a Voice at the UN
    • The NCBC Joins the Official Pennsylvania Coalition to Stop Doctor-Prescribed Suicide
    • Fort Worth Bioethics Conf.
    • The NCBC Supports The Archdiocese of Philadelphia and Its Lawsuit Against the HHS Mandate
    • Ethical Principles concerning Employed Health Care Providers and the Provision or Prescription of Direct Contraception
    • NCBC President, Dr. John Haas, Debates Brain Death on Live Radio
    • The National Catholic Bioethics Center Comments on New HHS Proposed Rules
    • Canon Law Society of America Convention
      • CLSA
    • Crux interview with NCBC's John F. Brehany
    • Dr. John Haas Delivers Successful Presentations on Eugenics in Modern Society
    • The NCBC co-signs the open letter to the WMA on its abortion policy changes
    • Jahi McMath and Catholic Teaching on Determination of Death
    • The NCBC Notes the Passing of Cardinal Francis George
    • PDCnet Archives
    • Announcing the Humanae Vitae and Health Care Conference
    • The New Charter for Health Care Workers Online
    • Guidelines from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Concerning Cooperation between Catholic and Non-Catholic Entities Now Available
    • The NCBC Recommends Caution Regarding New Graft/Transplant Proposals
    • National Catholic Medical Association Convention
      • National Catholic Medical Association Convention
    • NCBC President, Dr. John Haas, Reporting from Rome this Week
    • The NCBC Continues to Support Religious Freedom
    • The National Catholic Bioethics Center Supports: The CMA's Medical Student Boot Camp
    • Certification Program
    • The NCBC Supports: The National Association of Catholic Nurses
    • HHS Mandate Regulatory Updates Fail to Respect Religious Liberty
    • Lobby Day Against DC assisted suicide
      • Assisted Suicide
    • New Documents Available From The NCBC
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    • En Defensa de los Vulnerables en la Medicina y las Ciencias de la Vida
      • http://www.up.edu.mx/es/noticias?categoria=275
    • Position Announcement: Staff Ethicist
    • Pope Francis Affirms Natural Marriage, Not Same-Sex Civil Unions
    • The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity's 24th Annual Summer Conference Genetic & Reproductive Technologies
    • Dr. Marie T. Hilliard Elected to the International Catholic Committee of Nurses and Medical Social Assistants (CICIAMS) Executive Board
    • HLA Urges You to Tell Your Senators to Support Pro-Life Legislation
    • Austin TX Seminar Has Been Canceled
    • Public Policy Report February 2018
    • March for Life and the HLA's Call to Action
    • Ethics and Medics February 2018
    • Ethics and Medics January 2018
    • The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, Autumn 2017
    • Press Release on GlaxoSmithKline’s Shingrix
    • Interim Final Rules on HHS Mandate
    • Comments on the UN Human Rights Covenant
      • https://www.ncbcenter.org/files/4715/0729/4165/UN_Comment_Human_Rights_Submission_2017.pdf
    • Pope Francis Address to the Academy for Life
    • Catholic Nurses Ministering in the Spirit of Francis
    • NCBC Joins the USCCB with 32 Organizations in Advocating for Conscience Protection Act 2017
    • Bioethics and Public Policy Report: March 2017
    • The CMA and NCBC Letter to the AMA on Neutrality concerning PAS
    • NCBC Ethicists Address Embryo Gene Editing
    • NCBC Welcomes New Ethicist, Dr. Jozef Zalot
    • Statement of The National Catholic Bioethics Center on the Charlie Gard Case
    • The NCBC Joins the USCCB in Applauding U.S. Supreme Court Decision (Trinity Lutheran Church v. Comer) Protecting Religious Freedom
    • Fortnight for Freedom 2017: Freedom for Mission
    • Appointment of Dr. John M. Haas to the Pontifical Academy for Life
    • NCBC on Pew Charitable Trust and POLST
    • The NCBC Joins The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) in Welcoming an Initial Step in Protecting Religious Freedom
    • Maryland against Physician-Assisted Suicide
    • National Association of Catholic Nurses Statement on the Suppression of Birth
    • NCBC Applauds Decision of U.S. Departments of Justice and Education to Rescind Its Mandated “Bathroom Policy” in Public Schools
    • Reply to the AMA on Potential Position of Neutrality on Physician Assisted Suicide
    • Brief Statement on Transgenderism
    • The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity's 24th Annual Summer Conference
    • American Nurses Association on Palliative Care
    • John Brehany to speak at 2016 Fall Physician Bioethics Dinner
      • 2016 Fall Physician Bioethics Dinner
    • AMA Considers “Neutrality” on Doctor-Prescribed Suicide
    • NCBC President to Deliver Paper at Premiere Catholic University in Mexico City
    • NCBC Joins Amicus Brief on School Bathrooms
    • The NCBC Statement on Chimeras
      • NCBC Statement on Chimeras
    • NCBC Becomes a Signatory to Florida State Legislation
    • Archbishop Zimowski, Friend of the NCBC, Passes
    • Congress Passes the Conscience Protection Act with a Wide Margin
    • NCBC Joins CMA in Applauding HHS on Defunding Research using Tissue from Aborted Babies
    • Spousal Benefits for Employees in Same-Sex Relationships: A Moral and Legal Challenge for Catholic Institutions
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  • Bioethics Topics
    • Abortion
      • Fatal Flaws #1
      • Fatal Flaws #2
      • Fatal Flaws #3
    • Assisted Suicide/Euthanasia
    • Birth Control/Contraception
    • Brain Death
    • Catholic Health Care
    • Conscience Protection
    • Cooperation
    • Dignitas Personae
      • The Church, Bioethics, and Reason
      • The Nature of Being Human
      • The Goods of Marriage
      • Techniques for Assisting Fertility
      • The Freezing of Oocytes
      • New Forms of Interception and Contragestation
      • Freezing Embryos
      • Gene therapy
      • Cloning and Stem Cell Research
      • The Use of Human "Biological Material" of Illicit Origin
    • Donating to Charitable Organizations
    • End of Life Decision-Making
    • End-of-Life Care
      • The Revision of Directive 58
      • Model Policy
    • Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services
    • Gender Identity
    • Genetics
    • HHS Contraception and Sterilization Coverage Mandate
    • Homosexuality
    • Marriage
    • Natural Family Planning
    • Nutrition and Hydration
    • Organ Donation and Determination of Death
      • Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
      • NCBC FAQ on "Brain Death"
    • Persistent Vegetative State
    • Pregnancy Complications
    • POLST
    • Reproductive Technologies
    • Research
    • Stem Cell Research
    • Sex and Gender Identity
    • Sterilization
    • Vaccines
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    • Contributing to Charitable Organizations
    • Use of Vaccines
    • Determination of Death Using Neurological Criteria
    • Caring for Patients in Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)
    • Gender Identity Disorder and "Sex Change" Operations
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    • Pope Pius XII
    • The New Charter for Health Care Workers
    • Sex and Gender: A Theological and Scientific Inquiry edited by Mark F. Schwartz, et al.
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    • What is Man, O Lord?
    • Human Sexuality & Person-Hood
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    • Catholic Identity in Healthcare: Principles and Practice
    • Theologies of the Body: Humanist and Christian
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