Zika Does Not Justify Abortion or Contraception

BREAKING -- The NCBC has released its official statement on the current climate and certain proposed "solution" to the Zika epidemic spreading throughout the world. Given the spread of the Zika virus and microcephaly within the Western Hemisphere, some have recommended the use of abortion and contraception as appropriate tools in the fight against this disease. In the following statement, the Ethicists of the NCBC reply to numerous media inquiries and give guidance to faithful Catholics on this topic.

Please see the NCBC Statement

NCBC and the NCPD Continue Working to Protect the Disabled

ACTION ITEM: California pushing Physician-Assisted Suicide through in state Senate TODAY. California residents, please contact CA Governor to stop this: http://goo.gl/5Ln0Cg

Response to the Supreme Court Decision in King v. Burwell

"The National Catholic Bioethics Center respects the Supreme Court’s decision in King v. Burwell and, at the same time, calls on Congress and President Obama to collaborate in making necessary amendments to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The core constitutional dispute in King v. Burwell centered on whether clear language in legislation should control the implementation of law and whether the role of courts is limited to interpreting laws rather than helping to make laws. These principles are central to American constitutional governance and the rights it protects. The Supreme Court’s decision demonstrates that the Court is willing to overstep, as it has in the past, the limited role granted to it by the Constitution, in order to promote a social outcome it finds desirable. Such a decision undermines the authority of Congress and the legitimacy of the Court..."

Read the entire NCBC response, HERE

The NCBC Notes the Passing of Cardinal Francis George

See our full statement on the NCBC website, here:

http://www.ncbcenter.org/resources/the-ncbc-on-the-passing-of-cardinal-francis-george