Mary Rice Hasson, Director of the Catholic Women’s Forum at the Ethics Public Policy Center, joins Joe Zalot to explain what gender ideology is and to discuss the center’s “Person and Identity" Project.

Ep. 63: Responding to Gender Ideology – The "Person and Identity" Project

In part 2 of her interview, Mary Rice Hasson joins Joe Zalot to explain the origins of gender ideology and how it has become entrenched in Western culture, particularly in our public schools.

Part 2 of 4

Ep. 64: The Enculturation of Gender Ideology

Dr. David Chen, a Catholic psychiatrist, joins Joe Zalot to discuss the “science” of same-sex attraction, clinical means to address it, and how the Catholic faith can help people live lives of chastity.

Ep. 69: Counseling Patients Who Experience Same-Sex Attraction

Dr. Tara Sander Lee, Senior Fellow and Director of Life Science at the Charlotte Lozier Institute, and Tessa Longbons, Research Associate at CLI, discuss what chemical abortion is, how it is being promoted through telemedicine, and the numerous medical and ethical challenges it presents. Click here for the Charlotte Lozier Institute website.


Charlotte Lozier Institute resources on chemical abortion:
1) “Deaths and Severe Adverse Effects After the use of Mifepristone as an Abortifacient – from September 2000 to February 2019” https://www.sba-list.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Deaths-and-Severe-Adverse-Events-after-the-use-of-Mifepristone-as-an-Abortifacient-from-September-2000-to-February-2019-copy5.pdf
2) “An Abundance of Neglect: FDA’s Suspension of Medical Management of Abortion Pills” https://www.sba-list.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/An-Abundance-of-Neglect_clean.pdf
3) “The Impact of Chemical Abortion by Mail” https://lozierinstitute.org/the-impact-of-chemical-abortion-by-mail/
 
Project Rachel website: hopeafterabortion.com/

Information on abortion pill reversal:
1) abortionpillreversal.com
2) 24/7 Helpline: 1-877-558-0333

Ep. 75: Straight Talk on Chemical Abortion

Dr. Maureen Condic, Associate Professor of Neurobiology at the University of Utah School of Medicine, discusses (1) how science demonstrates that human life begins at conception, and (2) how recent scientific advances indicate that preborn children may exhibit consciousness, and experience pain, earlier than previously thought.

Podcast resources:

Maureen L. Condic, Untangling Twinning: What Science Tells Us About the Nature of Human Embryos https://undpress.nd.edu/9780268107055/untangling-twinning/

Brief of Maureen L. Condic and the Charlotte Lozier Institute as Amici Curiae Supporting Petitioners https://s27589.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/CLI-Dobbs-Amicus-Brief.pdf

Maureen Condic, The Suffering of the Unborn https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2021/11/29/the-suffering-of-the-unborn/

Maureen Condic, A Scientific View Of When Life Begins https://s27589.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/On-Point-Scientific-View-of-When-Life-Begins-Condic-2014.pdf

How It Started/How It's Going demonstrating the difference between 1965 ultrasound and modern 4D ultrasound: https://twitter.com/LozierInstitute/status/1456335298812649475

Charlotte Lozier Institute video, The Voyage of Life https://lozierinstitute.org/voyage/

Ep. 80: Straight Talk on Science and Dobbs

Pro-life OB/GYN Chris Stroud joins Bioethics on Air to critique the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists’ March 2022 ‘guidance’ on how to speak about abortion. This interview focuses on ACOG’s claim that we can no longer use the terms baby, unborn child, or fetal heartbeat.

Resources:
1. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) – Guide to Language and Abortion at https://www.acog.org/contact/media-center/abortion-language-guide 
2. Fertility and Midwifery Care Center – https://fertilityandmidwifery.com. For telehealth, email drstroud@fertilityandmidwifery.com
3. "Doctor, Doctor" podcast, episode 256 – “Child Birth: Safe, Healthy, and Empowered Options.” Go to https://doctordoctor.org/ and click on “Discover Past Episodes”

Ep. 90: ACOG’s Orwellian Language on Abortion – Part One

Nursing student Elizabeth Niekrewicz and nurse educator DiAnn Ecret address ethical challenges facing nursing students both in the classroom and in clinicals. Issues discussed include the importance of—and changing nature of—the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics, hierarchal power dynamics, and differing interpretations of the term advocacy.


Resources:
1. Ashley Fernandes & DiAnn Ecret, “The Effect of Hierarchy on Moral Silence in Healthcare: What Can the Holocaust Teach Us?” Conatus - Journal of Philosophy, 4 (2019), 21–43. https://doi.org/10.12681/cjp.21763.
2. American Nurses Association Code of Ethics. https://www.nursingworld.org/coe-view-only
3. Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services, sixth edition, 2018. https://www.usccb.org/resources/ethical-religious-directives-catholic-health-service-sixth-edition-2016-06_3.pdf

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Ep. 96: Navigating Ethical Landmines in Nurse Education – Part 1

Religious liberty attorney Eric Kniffin returns to Bioethics on Air to break down US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, the case that reversed Roe v. Wade. Kniffin addresses originalism, how Roe was “egregiously wrong,” and why stare decisis did not apply in Dobbs. 
Note: Although not discussed, the podcast references the due process clause of the 14th Amendment which reads, “... nor shall any State deprive a person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of the law.” 

Resources
1. The Dobbs Decision (Justice Alito’s majority opinion begins on page 9) https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/19-1392_6j37.pdf
2. Bioethics on Air episode 37: “Religious Liberty and Bostock” (June 29, 2020) https://www.ncbcenter.org/bioethics-on-air-podcast-cms/bioethics-on-air-episode-37-religious-liberty-and-bostockwith-attorney-eric-kniffen

Ep. 99: Digesting the Dobbs Decision

Pharmacy resident Angela Baalmann discusses ethical challenges facing faithful Catholic pharmacists drawing from her article “Pharmacist Refusal to Provide Contraceptive Services” published in the Spring 2022 edition of The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly.

Resources
1. “Pharmacist Refusal to Provide Contraceptive Services” –  https://www.pdcnet.org/collection/authorizedshow?id=ncbq_2022_0022_0001_0083_0097&pdfname=ncbq_2022_0022_0001_0083_0097.pdf&file_type=pdf
2. Catholic Pharmacists – https://www.catholicpharmacists.com/
3. Catholic Medical Association – https://www.cathmed.org/

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Ep. 101: Faith in the Pharmacy

Dr. Marie Meaney joins Joe Zalot to discuss how her Catholic faith sustained her in her struggle with infertility, and inspired her to write the book "When Expecting Doesn’t Happen: Turning Infertility into a Journey of Hope."

 

Resources

1. When Expecting Doesn’t Happen: Turning Infertility into a Journey of Hope – https://stpaulcenter.com/product/when-expecting-doesnt-happen-turning-infertility-into-a-journey-of-hope/

2. Saint Paul VI Institute – https://popepaulvi.com/

3. Hannah’s Tears – https://hannahstears.org/

4. Springs in the Desert – https://springsinthedesert.org/

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Ep. 104: Bearing the Cross of Infertility

Dr. John Brehany, NCBC Director of Institutional Relations, joins Joe Zalot to discuss the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) revised messaging that Plan B is not an abortifacient.  

 

Resources

1. Dr. John Brehany brief bio – https://www.ncbcenter.org/meet-the-ethicists/johnbrehany

2. FDA, Plan B One Step Information –  https://www.fda.gov/drugs/postmarket-drug-safety-information-patients-and-providers/plan-b-one-step-15-mg-levonorgestrel-information

3. FDA, Decisional Memorandum on Plan B – https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2022/021998Orig1s005SumR.pdf

4. FDA Drug Facts Label for Plan B –  https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2022/021998Orig1s005lbl.pdf
 

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Ep. 106: Changing the Messaging and Mechanisms of Plan B – Part 1

Dr. John Brehany, NCBC Director of Institutional Relations, joins Joe Zalot to discuss possible consequences of the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) revised messaging that Plan B is not an abortifacient.  

 

Resources

1. Dr. John Brehany brief bio – https://www.ncbcenter.org/meet-the-ethicists/johnbrehany

2. FDA, Plan B One Step Information –  https://www.fda.gov/drugs/postmarket-drug-safety-information-patients-and-providers/plan-b-one-step-15-mg-levonorgestrel-information

3. Bioethics on Air, episode 75: “Straight Talk on Chemical Abortion” –  https://www.ncbcenter.org/bioethics-on-air-podcast-cms/episode-75-straight-talk-on-chemical-abortion

Ep. 107: Changing the Messaging and Mechanisms of Plan B – Part 2

Neurologist Christopher DeCock, MD, joins Joe Zalot to discuss how proposed changes to the Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA) could change the legal definition of brain death.

 

Resources

1. Dr. Christopher DeCock info – https://www.essentiahealth.org/find-doctor-provider/profile/christopher-decock/

2. Uniform Determination of Death Act – https://higherlogicdownload.s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/UNIFORMLAWS/4d19d096-be64-3c0f-ae71-a514b64c06a6_file.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAVRDO7IEREB57R7MT&Expires=1676665298&Signature=TyhShhP9KKdB%2Fhrlzz0xrFYVgdY%3D

3. Uniform Law Commission - https://www.uniformlaws.org/home

Ep. 109: Redefining Death by Revising the UDDA

NCBC ethicists Dr. Ted Furton and Dr. John Brehany join Joe Zalot to discuss the USCCB Doctrine Committee’s “Doctrinal Note on the Moral Limits to Technological Manipulation of the Human Body” and the impact it can have on Catholic health care.

 

Resources

1. USCCB Committee on Doctrine, “Doctrinal Note on the Moral Limits to Technological Manipulation of the Human Body” – https://www.usccb.org/resources/Doctrinal%20Note%202023-03-20.pdf

2. NCBC, “Brief Statement on Transgenderism” (2017) – https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e3ada1a6a2e8d6a131d1dcd/t/5eb96ca6784e2246467b42b1/1589210278798/Q16.4_05_TransgenderStatement_REV.pdf

3. NCBC, Transgender Issues in Catholic Health Care (2021) – https://www.ncbcenter.org/store/transgenderissues. See especially chapter 4: “Catholic Health Care and Gender Identity: A Resource for Policy Guidance;” and chapter 5: “Template Policy for Catholic Health Care and Gender Identity.”

Ep. 110: Digesting the Doctrinal Note on Gender

Attorney Jonathan Berry returns to Bioethics on Air to discuss Strader v. CVS, the case of a health care professional fired for refusing to prescribe contraceptive and abortifacient drugs.

Resources

1. Jonathan Berry bio – https://boydengrayassociates.com/our-team/jonathan-berry/

2. First Liberty Case Page, Robyn Strader – https://firstliberty.org/cases/robyn-strader/

3. Complaint: Strader v. CVS –   https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/myvmoggqzvr/011123%20--%20ND%20Tex%20--%20Strader%20v%20CVS%20Health%20Corp%20et%20al%20complaint.pdf

4. Ethics Public Policy Center, HHS Accountability Project – https://eppc.org/program/hhs-accountability-project/

5. Bioethics on Air episode 81: “Legal Perspectives on the Federal Vaccine Mandate” –  https://www.ncbcenter.org/bioethics-on-air-podcast-cms/episode-81-legal-perspectives-on-the-federal-vaccine-mandate
 

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Ep. 111:  Fighting for Conscience and Religious Liberty at CVS

Attorney and law professor Elizabeth Kirk joins Joe Zalot to discuss recent (April 2023) federal court cases dealing with the chemical abortion drug mifepristone.

 

Resources

1. Elizabeth Kirk brief bio – m https://www.law.edu/about-us/faculty-and-staff/directory/expert-faculty/kirk-elizabeth/index.html

2. Alliance Defending Freedom case page – https://adflegal.org/article/clinton-era-fda-action-keeps-women-danger

3. Amicus brief of the NCBC, Catholic Bar Association, Catholic Health Care Leadership Alliance, etc. in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, et. al., v. FDA –  https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22A901/263856/20230418135102389_22A901%20and%2022A902_Amicus%20Brief.pdf

4. Elizabeth Kirk, “Buyer Beware: Women’s Safety is a Key Oversight in the Abortion Debate” –  https://www.oursundayvisitor.com/buyer-beware-womens-safety-is-a-key-oversight-in-the-abortion-pill-debate/

5. Bioethics on Air, episode 75: “Straight Talk on Chemical Abortion” – https://www.ncbcenter.org/bioethics-on-air-podcast-cms/episode-75-straight-talk-on-chemical-abortion

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Ep. 112: Chemical Abortion and the Courts

Dr. Monique Ruberu, OB/GYN joins Joe Zalot to discuss the claim that abortion is health care, pro-life interventions for pregnancy complications, and the true impact of abortion on her patients. 

Resource: Monique Ruberu bio – https://drruberu4life.com/

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Ep. 113 - Countering the Abortion Narrative – Part 1

In the second half of her interview, Dr. Monique Ruberu discusses her work with the Abortion-Pill Reversal Network and 40 Days for Life.

 

Resources:
 1. Monique Ruberu bio – https://drruberu4life.com/
 2. Abortion Pill Reversal – https://www.abortionpillreversal.com/ or 1-877-558-0333
 3. 40 Days for Life – https://www.40daysforlife.com/en/
 4. ThriVe Woman’s Telehealth – https://thrivestlouis.org/

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Ep. 114: Countering the Abortion Narrative – Part 2

In the first of a two-part interview, NCBC ethicist John Di Camillo joins Joe Zalot to discuss the NCBC’s ethics consultation service as well as his first year serving as Director of the Center’s Personal Consultations Department.

Resources:
1.  John Di Camillo brief bio – https://www.ncbcenter.org/meet-the-ethicists/johndicamillo
2.  About the Personal Consultations Department – www.ncbcenter.org/about-personal-consults
3.  Personal Consultations Department Launch Message –  https://www.ncbcenter.org/personal-consults-launch
4.  Submit a consult request to the NCBC – www.ncbcenter.org/ask-a-question
5.  “Act of Consecration to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus” –  https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e3ada1a6a2e8d6a131d1dcd/t/62bb5fafdd296c1cadda57ab/1656446896083/Personal+Consults+Consecration.pdf
6.  “Answering Bioethical Questions,” Ave Explores Faith and Science podcast with John Di Camillo (2021) – https://www.avemariapress.com/aveexplores-faith-science/podcast-dicamillo
7. “How to Get an Ethics Consult,” Doctor, Doctor podcast with Joe Zalot (2022) –  https://doctordoctor.org/episode284/

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Ep. 115: Ethics Consults and the NCBC’s New Personal Consultations Department

In part 2 of his interview, John Di Camillo explains the rationale and purpose for the NCBC Consultations Department’s new Fellows and Interns program. He explains how one can become a fellow or intern as well as his goals for the program moving forward.

Resources:
1.  John Di Camillo brief bio – https://www.ncbcenter.org/meet-the-ethicists/johndicamillo
2.  NCBC Personal Consultations Fellows and Interns Program: Information and application – https://www.ncbcenter.org/personal-consult-fellows-interns

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Ep. 116: Become a Consultations Fellow or Intern

Karen O’Brien, MD, a member of the Lourdes Medical Bureau/International, joins Joe Zalot to discuss the process of determining the medical “inexplicability” of healings at Lourdes. Karen and Joe also announce a pilgrimage to Lourdes & Paris that they will lead in April 2024.

Resources:
1.  Karen O’Brien brief bio – https://www.massgeneral.org/doctors/16581/karen-o-brien 
2.  “Talking of Palliative Care” (with MC Sullivan) – https://www.catholictv.org/talking-of-palliative-care-episodes.html
3.  60 Minutes story on the miraculous healing of Sister Bernadette Moriau – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaG7mesmdH4
4.  Information about the Lourdes & Paris pilgrimage 2024 - https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e3ada1a6a2e8d6a131d1dcd/t/64a7066d5118b25e203d2f1c/1688667760837/Information+initial-Lourdes+%26+Paris+2024.pdf
5.  For information about the pilgrimage, please email Joe Zalot at jzalot@ncbcenter.org or drztravel@yahoo.com. 

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Ep. 117: Investigating Miraculous Healings at Lourdes ... and a Pilgrimage

Fr. Tad Pacholczyk joins Joe Zalot to update listeners on the state of—and ethical implications of—contemporary issues in biomedical research. Topics include stem cell research, 3-parent embryos, and synthetic embryos.

 

Resources

1. Fr. Tad bio – https://www.ncbcenter.org/meet-the-ethicists/fathertad

2. Fr. Tad website – https://www.fathertad.com/

3. Fr. Tad’s “Making Sense of Bioethics” columns – https://www.ncbcenter.org/making-sense-of-bioethics-column#index

4. “Ethicists Voice Concern Over Reprogramming Human Embryonic Cells for Research” (“synthetic” embryos) – https://www.oursundayvisitor.com/ethicists-voice-concern-over-reprogramming-human-embryonic-cells-for-research/
 

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Ep. 118: ‘State of the Union’ on Biomedical Research

Neurologist Christopher DeCock, MD, rejoins Joe Zalot to update listeners on efforts to redefine death by revising the Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA). He also discusses important medical and ethical concerns with normothermic regional perfusion (start at 36:25).

 

Resources

1. Dr. Christopher DeCock info – https://www.essentiahealth.org/find-doctor-provider/profile/christopher-decock/

2. Bioethics on Air #109, Redefining Death by Revising the UDDA – https://www.ncbcenter.org/bioethics-on-air-podcast-cms/bioethics-on-air-episode-109-redefining-death-by-revising-the-udda

3. Uniform Determination of Death Act – https://higherlogicdownload.s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/UNIFORMLAWS/4d19d096-be64-3c0f-ae71-a514b64c06a6_file.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAVRDO7IEREB57R7MT&Expires=1676665298&Signature=TyhShhP9KKdB%2Fhrlzz0xrFYVgdY%3D

4. Submission of the NCBC and USCCB to the Uniform Determination of Death Committee of the Uniform Law Commission – https://www.usccb.org/resources/Joint_submission_NCBC_and_USCCB_on_UDDA_2023.pdf

5. American College of Physicians statement on revising the UDDA  –  https://www.acponline.org/sites/default/files/documents/clinical_information/ethics-professionalism/acp_letter_to_ulc_cmte_on_udda_06-07-23.pdf

6. “Normothermic Regional Perfusion – The Next Frontier in Organ Transplants” –  https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2805776

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Ep. 119: Update on UDDA Revisions … and Concerns with Normothermic Regional Perfusion

Neurologist Christopher DeCock, MD, rejoins Joe Zalot to discuss the latest news on brain death. They discuss (a) the impact of the Uniform Law Commission placing on hold revision of the Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA), (b) the American Academy of Neurology’s (AAN) new and problematic guidelines for determining brain death, and (c) informed consent concerns arising with normothermic regional perfusion (NRP).  

 

Resources

1. Dr. Christopher DeCock info - https://www.essentiahealth.org/find-doctor-provider/profile/christopher-decock/

2. Bioethics on Air #109 - https://www.ncbcenter.org/bioethics-on-air-podcast-cms/bioethics-on-air-episode-109-redefining-death-by-revising-the-udda

3. Bioethics on Air #119 - https://www.ncbcenter.org/bioethics-on-air-podcast-cms/bioethics-on-air-episode-119-update-on-udda-revisions-and-concerns-with-normothermic-regional-perfusion

4. Uniform Determination of Death Act – https://lchc.ucsd.edu/cogn_150/Readings/death_act.pdf

5. AAN 2023 DNC Practice Guidelines - https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000207740

Ep. 120: Dead Enough is Good Enough: Update on Brain Death and NRP

Bioethicist John Di Camillo explains the principle of double effect and illustrations its application through a number of case studies.

Ep. 14: The Principle of Double Effect

Fr. Benedict Guevin examines whether it is permissible to deactivate a pacemaker, which differs from other medical devices in some crucial, ethically relevant aspects.

Ep. 19: Deactiving a Pacemaker

Barry Masa, CEO of LifeCenter Organ Donor Network, explains the role that organ procurement organizations play in ensuring the ethical retrieval and allocation of organs. He also addresses some persistent concerns about organ transplantation in general.

Ep. 22: Organ Procurement and Allocation

This podcast is the first of a two-part series on brain death. Matthew Hanley joins Joe Zalot to talk about his book Determining Death by Neurological Criteria: Current Practice and Ethics recently published by the NCBC.

Ep. 35: Perspectives on Neurological Criteria for Brain Death

In the second of a two-part series on brain death, Dr. Melissa Moschella joins Joe Zalot to discuss how “irreversible loss of organismal self-integration” offers a valid philosophical basis for determining death.

Ep. 36: Philosophical Perspectives on Brain Death(with Dr. Melissa Moschella)

Tracy Winsor joins Joe Zalot to discuss Catholic-based resources for parents who receive a life-limiting diagnosis for their unborn child.

Ep. 41: “Be Not Afraid” of Prenatal Diagnosis

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