Author name: Michael Vacca

THE EXCLUSION OF CONTRACEPTION BY THE NATURAL MORAL LAW, WHY IT MATTERS, AND THE MUDDYING OF THE WATERS AMONGST MANY CATHOLIC THINKERS

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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 […]

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THE EXCLUSIVE DOMINION OF GOD OVER THE HUMAN PERSON: WHY “BRAIN DEATH” IS NOT THE TRUE DEATH OF THE HUMAN PERSON

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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

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A FALSE DEFINITION OF ‘BRAIN DEATH,’ AND A DOORWAY TO EUTHANASIA

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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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A RESPONSE TO JENNIFER RUBIN: CONSCIENCE IS NOT THE RIGHT TO DO WHATEVER YOU WANT

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Michael Vacca with Christ Medicus submitted the following response to Jennifer Rubin’s article in the Washington Post. A Response to Jennifer Rubin: The Falsification of Conscience and the Relative Worldview             In a July 24th article in The Washington Post, Jennifer Rubin argues that there should be a conscience exception to abortion bans.  This argument is tragic, deeply

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HHS PROPOSED RULE 1557

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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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PODCAST: DANGERS OF NEW AGE SPIRITUALITIES IN HEALTH CARE

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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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