“The reason we have freedom of conscience is not just to protect ourselves.”
Health Care
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.
Posted inPolitics & Society
Why does the United States spend so much on health care for such poor quality?
Medical science must answer its highest calling: the promotion of the health and well-being of all humankind.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
A hasty Obamacare repeal would be ‘devastating’ for the poor
By following through on their promise to repeal “Obamacare” immediately, Republican lawmakers and the new Trump administration are engaging in reckless political theater.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Catholic bishops urge Congress not to repeal Obamacare without a replacement
The law has brought about important gains in coverage and those gains should be protected.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Your Take
Your Take: Trump’s first 100 days
We asked our readers what issues should President-Elect Donald J. Trump focus on in his first 100 days as president.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Transgender man sues Catholic hospital for refusing sex change surgery
Jionni Conforti’s sex and gender discrimination lawsuit comes as new regulations hailed as groundbreaking anti-discrimination protections for transgender people are under legal attack from religious groups.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Hospice chaplain Kerry Egan reflects on the stories and grace she has encountered in her work.
A hospice chaplain learns that people carry burdensome secrets and regrets, and the prospect of dying makes them want to unload them.