The Health Care Civil Rights Task Force strongly condemns proposed changes to the Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA) that would allow for subjective determinations of death. The Uniform Law Commission, a non-profit group of lawyers that creates model legislation to bring uniformity to state laws, week recently to discuss changing how death is determined. […]
By Heidi Klessig, MD Originally published on Physicians For Compassionate Care Education Foundation “Stories” page. Republished here with permission. On the morning of our son’s sixth birthday, my husband woke up feeling dizzy. Very dizzy. So dizzy that he vomited every time he tried to sit up. At the emergency room, his symptoms didn’t improve
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By Michael Arthur Vacca, International Catholic Jurists Forum, Director, Christ Medicus Foundation, Director of Ministry, Bioethics, and Membership Experience Introduction: Why the Natural Law’s Exclusion of Contraception Matters? Before embarking on a review of what nature tells us about the marital act and contraception, we may wonder, in the world in which we live, why
By Michael Arthur Vacca, M. Theol, J.D., BA “Brain death,” or death by neurological criteria is a legal fiction that is refuted by sound medicine, philosophy, and theology. As I will substantiate in this paper and I substantiated in my previous paper in the Linacre Quarterly on the subject,1 so called “brain death” or “death
In June 2020, 24-year-old Margo Naranjo sustained a severe brain injury after she was involved in a multi-vehicle auto accident. Although the doctor’s prognosis was poor, her parents’ love for her and their strong Catholic faith provided the hope they needed. Leaning on their faith, they used social media to request prayers for strength and
By Michael Arthur Vacca and Louis Brown Jr. The American Academy of Neurology has altered its guidelines, at great cost to the life and dignity of patients. What if your local hospital could declare your family member “brain dead” even though part of her brain was still functioning? What if the hospital could use that illegitimate
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The Speaker Salon interviews two doctors and a theologian on the topic of organ harvesting and the controversies surrounding brain death diagnostics. Dr. Heidi Klessig, author of The Brain Death Fallacy shares about her career as an anaesthesiologist and why she was needed in the operating room to administer anaesthesia to a man who was
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Catholic Bioethicist Michael Vacca provides an overview of where we are in America regarding euthanasia and assisted suicide. Click here to watch the video. Michael Arthur Vacca, M. Theol., JD, BA from CMF CURO and the Christ Medicus Foundation
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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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