“Regarding access for those most in need, the AHCA includes changes which place many people at significant risk,” Bishop Frank J. Dewane wrote.
Health Care
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
What does Catholic social teaching say about the GOP health care plan?
The American Health Care Act seriously tests many principles of Catholic social teaching.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
U.S. Catholic leaders respond to GOP ‘repeal and replace’ health care proposal
Health care is not just another issue, but a “fundamental issue of human life and dignity” and “a critical component of the Catholic Church’s ministry.”
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
My daughter has a disability. I don’t want Jesus to ‘fix’ her.
On the subject of disability, I found a Jesus that is, frankly, disappointing.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Assisted suicide robs the dying of compassion
Proposals to legalize assisted suicide overlook the proven benefits of mental health counseling for the terminally ill.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
‘The poor will always be with us’ is no excuse to cut Medicaid.
Jesus’ words are not a commentary on state welfare.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Why Canadian pharmacists are celebrating an updated code of ethics
“The reason we have freedom of conscience is not just to protect ourselves.”
Posted inPhilosopher's Notebook, Politics & Society
Is the right to abort a child with disabilities becoming a duty?
Erasing good news about people with disabilities can only encourage the choice to abort people with Down syndrome in the first place.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
The crisis over mental health care in South Africa continues
Apartheid-era mental health care facilities were not great. But at least they weren’t lethal.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Catholic bishops meet to discuss issues related to health care for transgender people
The number of questions from Catholic organizations to N.C.B.C.’s ethicists about transgender issues “has increased radically and surprisingly” in recent years.