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. …
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The Health Care Civil Rights Task Force urges Ohioans to vote no on Issue 1, the Ohio Reproductive Freedom Amendment, which would enshrine nearly limitless abortion rights in the state constitution. The Amendment needs only a simple majority of votes to pass – so every vote counts! If passed, Issue 1 will eliminate virtually all constraints on abortion …
– yet, they keep updating their guidelines. That alone should give us pause. This newest iteration actually changes the definition of brain death from “irreversible” cessation of all brain function to “permanent” loss of function. The Uniform Law Commission recently declined to adopt this change because it is too subjective. A permanent brain injury is …
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 …
Presentation by attorney and bioethicist Michael Vacca to the Catholic Nurse’s Association on the ethics of determining death solely by neurologic criteria, i.e., brain death.
I am spending the day at the concentration camp in Dachau, Germany. It is a sobering reminder of the capacity of people to subject other human beings to unspeakable horrors. Many of the displays feature graphic images of prisoners starved, tortured, and murdered at the camp. Hundreds of people are making their way through the …
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March 6, 2023 PUBLIC COMMENT OF THE CHRIST MEDICUS FOUNDATION AND LIFE LEGALDEFENSE FOUNDATION REGARDING THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ANDHUMAN SERVICES’ PROPOSED RULE ENTITLED, “SAFEGUARDING THERIGHTS OF CONSCIENCE AS PROTECTED BY FEDERAL STATUTES,” APROPOSED RULE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICESOFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS INTRODUCTION The Christ Medicus Foundation and Life Legal …
Bobby Schindler Apr 11, 2023 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 …
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