Search Results: Health care

Catholic Health Care and Religious Freedom Are Under Attack

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / July 12, 2021 /
patient being rushed through hospital

…the heat on Catholic health care workers and institutions to provide forms of “health care” that violate Catholic moral teaching, or else. In the United States, Catholic health care institutions…

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Navigating End-of-Life Care: Can There Be Catholic Living Wills?

By Brian Clowes, PhD and Marisa Cantu / January 10, 2024 /

…have four parts: Naming another person to act as your health care agent in the event you are incapacitated Detailed instructions on what types of health care you do and…

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Are DNRs Ethically Permissible?

By Christine Ebbink / December 16, 2022 /
A DNR order on a clipboard

…it is ethical for health care providers to reject a DNR. First, the ERD notes that medical care involves decisions that have both moral and medical implications. Further, health care

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Parents and Medical Decisions: Fight the Revolution

By Dr. Joseph Meaney / July 19, 2018 /
rights of parents

…common good. Societies and families have a duty to provide ordinary care to their members. They should also provide access to health care, although they are not required to offer…

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12 Planned Parenthood Facts You Should Know

By Susan Ciancio / April 28, 2023 /

…to ensure the health and age of a child. Planned Parenthood’s ultrasounds are therefore not essential healthcare for pregnant women. Prenatal care is also something sorely lacking in the vast…

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We Don’t Need Abortion to Save Mom’s Life

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / July 18, 2022 /
black and white picture mom with baby

…hard cases as a wedge to achieve social and cultural transformation, pro-abortion propagandists would be better served in pursuing a model of health care that values and prioritizes both patients…

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2 Treaties Threaten to Mandate Abortion Internationally

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / November 27, 2023 /
2 International Treaties Threaten to Mandate Abortion

…access to sexual and reproductive health-care services, including for family planning, information and education, and the integration of reproductive health into national strategies and programmes, which is fundamental to the…

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Defunding Planned Parenthood: Why It Matters

By William Lawyer / September 22, 2021 /

…than that of other healthcare providers, or even good for women’s health. It covers up sex abuse, commits financial crimes, and focuses more on politics than on healthcare. Yet, despite…

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New Title IX Rules Threaten Human Rights

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / September 26, 2022 /
government power, america, three branches

…IX recognizes as sex discrimination in education settings, is what the Affordable Care Act recognizes as sex discrimination in healthcare settings. However, as noted above, the new Title IX regulations…

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Catholic Bioethics and the Moral Treatment of Human Beings

By Susan Ciancio / June 25, 2021 /
young nurse caring for an elderly man

…sentence for the child. The National Catholic Bioethics Center tells a tragic tale: Kaiser Permanente, a large managed health care organization, offered a disturbing statistic regarding prenatal testing in a…

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