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Disabled Texas woman will not be denied food and water — for now — after judge’s order

August 2, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

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CNA Staff, Aug 2, 2024 / 11:00 am (CNA).
A disabled Texas woman will continue to receive food and water after a Texas attorney filed an emergency petition last month to keep her parents, who are Catholic, … […]

The Dispatch

The increasingly permissive and unethical standard for organ harvesting

March 14, 2023 Joseph M. Eble, MD 6

There is tremendous societal pressure to obtain organs for transplantation. Approximately 43,000 organ transplants were performed in 2022, but as of February 27, 2023, approximately 104,000 patients remained on the organ transplant waiting list. Organ […]

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Missouri lawmaker says controversial bill won’t outlaw ectopic pregnancy treatment

March 17, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

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Denver Newsroom, Mar 17, 2022 / 17:21 pm (CNA).
A Missouri Republican lawmaker says he plans to amend a bill he recently introduced concerning ectopic pre… […]

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“We have disregarded the fundamental principle of First Do No Harm.”

December 12, 2021 Monica Seeley 22

Dr. Monique Robles is a board certified pediatric critical care physician and bioethicist. She received her Doctorate of Medicine from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas, in 2001 and completed a pediatric […]

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Alta Fixsler: Family friend says U.K. hospital can remove toddler’s life support ‘any time’

August 14, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

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Manchester, England, Aug 14, 2021 / 13:00 pm (CNA).
The Fixsler family is fighting to keep their 2-year-old daughter, Alta, on life support in the U.K. But the Hasidic Jewish family is facing one … […]

Analysis

Suffering, medical ethics, and the glory of God

June 28, 2021 Father Jerry J. Pokorsky 3

It is normal to desire health and a long life. Tending to the health of our bodies is holy and commendable. Several beautiful verses in the Bible (Ps. 91 and Dt. 5:33, for example) invoke […]

The Dispatch

Resisting “transgenderism”—with truth and love

November 5, 2018 Joanna Bogle 12

A British newspaper recently ran a feature about a boy who wanted to be a girl. The parents fell in with his wishes for sparkly shoes instead of plain blue ones, for “girly” activities instead […]

Analysis

The case and death of Alfie Evans raises issues that must be addressed

April 29, 2018 Christopher R. Altieri 23

At the very least, we want to be able to entrust our care and that of our loved ones to people who are not on […]

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I (Pope Francis) was thinking of doing it (visit Mexico) because I wanted to enter the United States through the Mexican border. But if I went through Ciudad Juárez, for example, and entered there, or […]

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