Health Care Civil Rights

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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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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HALF THE TIME DOCTORS SAY PATIENTS ARE IN A “VEGETATIVE STATE,” THEY’RE ACTUALLY WRONG

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 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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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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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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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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