Join Michael Vacca and Julie Grimstad as we explore the timeless wisdom of Jesus Christ as the Divine Physician and His relevance to contemporary health care decisions. We discuss the profound insights of Jesus’s teachings and actions, guiding us towards compassionate and ethical choices in healthcare. Join us as we reflect on Jesus’s ministry of […]
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Listen to Michael Arthur Vacca, M.Theol.; JD; BA, interviewed by Teresa Tomeo on the attempt of the Uniform Law Commission to loosen the criteria for death is available here and begins about the 39 minute mark: Expanding Euthanasia 2023-11-28
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Board-certified neurologist Christopher DeCock, MD, joins Joe Zalot to discuss how proposed changes to the Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA) could change the legal definition of brain death. Recording and additional resources available here: https://www.ncbcenter.org/bioethics-on-air-podcast-cms/bioethics-on-air-episode-109-redefining-death-by-revising-the-udda FOLLOW-UP INTERVIEW: Neurologist Christopher DeCock, MD, rejoins Joe Zalot to update listeners on efforts to redefine death by revising
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According to the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), one in eight death row inmates is found to be wrongly convicted. In other words, there is close to a 13% chance that a prisoner scheduled to be executed is innocent. Advocacy groups like EJI are dedicated to ending the death penalty based on this injustice—the risk of
HALF THE TIME DOCTORS SAY PATIENTS ARE IN A “VEGETATIVE STATE,” THEY’RE ACTUALLY WRONG Read More »
Michael Vacca of Christ Medicus Foundation and Fr. John Kopson discuss the dangers of Proposal 3, which will enshrine abortion and other “reproductive freedoms” in Michigan’s constitution.
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Christ Medicus Foundation Submits Official Public Comment on Radical HHS Proposed Regulation It would erode the right to life and rollback religious freedom An extinction level event for Catholic health care Yesterday, the Christ Medicus Foundation (CMF) submitted its official public comment in response to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) proposed rule under
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Michael Vacca with Christ Medicus Foundation and Maria Arvonio, RN discuss the dangers of new age spiritualities in healthcare and the importance of informed consent on the Teresa Tomeo show: Also available here: https://podcasts.apple.com/si/podcast/2022-09-07-the-danger-of-new-age-spiritualities/id1151971180?i=1000578852678
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National Review interviewed Dr. Joseph Meaney, Executive Director of the National Catholic Bioethics Center and Health Care Civil Rights Task Force member, about the controversy over the COVID-19 vaccine, including the possible use of aborted fetal cells in testing. Dr. Meaney encourages people “to consider all of the ethical factors at play so that they
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In assessing when there is a duty to preserve life, the Church distinguishes between ordinary and extraordinary means.[1] Ordinary means must be taken to preserve life, and extraordinary means can be morally refused.[2] It is, therefore, critical to properly characterize particular means of preserving human life as ordinary or extraordinary, that is, as morally obligatory
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