Health Care Civil Rights Task Force

NEUROLOGIST DISCUSSES EFFORTS TO REDEFINE DEATH

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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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HEALTH CARE CIVIL RIGHTS TASK FORCE: DON’T RISK LIVES BY CHANGING THE DEFINITION OF DEATH

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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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ATTENTION! PRO-LIFE PICTURES ARE STRICTLY FORBIDDEN…! 

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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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PUBLIC COMMENT ON “SAFEGUARDING THE RIGHTS OF CONSCIENCE AS PROTECTED BY FEDERAL STATUTES,” 

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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 …

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EQUIVALENCE OF THE MORAL OBJECTS IN EMBRYO ADOPTION AND HETEROLOGOUS IVF

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Michael Vacca is the director of ministry, bioethics, and membership experience at the Christ Medicus Foundation in Troy, Michigan. Introduction             Embryo adoption is one of the most heated topics of debate in the Church. The reason is clear: over a million innocent human beings are cryogenically frozen and their prospect of survival is slim …

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EFFECTIVELY NAVIGATING HOSPITALS WHEN ADVOCATING FOR A LOVED ONE

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General Principles This document sets forth general principles and attempts to help people advocate for themselves and their loved ones.  Patients and their families are in the best position to determine to what degree this advice pertains to them and can assist them in advocating for their loved ones.  What is contained in this document is not legal …

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SPIRITUAL PROTOCOL FOR DIVINE ASSISTANCE AND TIMELY HELP

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The items in this plan of action are always necessary but have become an urgent need during our current time of crisis. The crises resulting from Covid-19 are grave. These have included the sickness and death caused by the virus itself, overreach by healthcare officials in not allowing visitation of seriously ill and dying loved …

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THE MORAL IMPERATIVE TO RESTORE AND ADVANCE PARENTAL RIGHTS

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Statement of the Healthcare Civil Rights Task Force Parents have always been responsible for raising, caring for, and loving their children. The duty of parents is to act in the best interests of their children, who have been entrusted to them by God.  The family is foundational to the good of society.  The family is the vehicle for God’s love to spread into …

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