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HOSPITALS ARE USING ‘CIRCULATORY DEATH’ TO HARVEST ORGANS OF LIVING PEOPLE

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It is long past time for complete transparency about organ procurement practices, and for mandating fully informed consent when people register to become organ donors.  “Our findings show that hospitals allowed the organ procurement process to begin when patients showed signs of life, and this is horrifying,” Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, […]

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FAITH AND MEDICINE IN CONVERSATION WITH DR. CHRISTOPHER DECOCK

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Dr. Christopher DeCock, MD, serves as a pediatric neurologist whose vocation extends beyond the clinic into the realm of moral reflection.Through his appearances on Real Presence Radio, he offers thoughtful insights on the intersection of medicine, ethics, and faith — from end-of-life care and bioethics to transhumanism, artificial intelligence, and the inherent goodness of human life

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THE BEST BRAIN TUMOR EVER

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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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MARGO NARANJO WILL NOT BE STARVED TO DEATH AFTER HER FAMILY TRIED TO DENY HER FOOD AND WATER

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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

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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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ORGAN HARVESTING: THE DEAD DONOR RULE

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

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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 based on this injustice—the risk of

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