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Catholic Medical Association
Applauds USCCB Doctrinal Note on the Moral Limits to Technological
Manipulation of the Human Body
Philadelphia, PA- March 27, 2023 -
Catholic Medical Association applauds the United States Conference of
Catholic Bishops (USCCB) for its “Doctrinal
Note on the Moral Limits to Technological Manipulation of the Human
Body.”
“We commend the USCCB for its prudent effort in establishing important moral
criteria and echo the need for ethical discernment as technology continues
to advance,” said Craig Treptow, M.D., CMA President.
“Furthermore, CMA and its more than 2500 expert members maintain that
biological identity is of paramount basis for treating patients,” added Dr.
Treptow.
In its doctrinal note, USSB wrote in part that “careful moral discernment is
needed to determine which possibilities should be realized and which should
not, in order to promote the good of the human person,” stressing the
concerning “range of technological interventions advocated by many in our
society as treatments for what is termed “gender dysphoria” or “gender
incongruence.”
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Catholic Medical Association Applauds AMA
Recognition of Hormonal Contraceptives Link to Risk of Breast Cancer
Philadelphia, PA-
March 24, 2023 - Catholic Medical Association today acknowledges the
American Medical Association (AMA) for recognizing elevated risks for breast
cancer caused by hormonal contraceptives.
AMA
shared the findings of a
study which indicate that certain types of hormonal birth controls are
associated with the increased risk:
“…the relative risk of being diagnosed with breast cancer was 20% to 30%
higher among women who use or recently used birth control pills with a
two-hormone combination, progestogen-only pills or hormonal IUDs compared to
women who did not.”
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Creator of Life. As stated in John Paul II's encyclical letter Faith and
Reason, "there can never be a true divergence between faith and reason."
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with Catholic medical ethics. Different ethical dilemmas in medicine today must
be illuminated with the light of Faith. The Catholic Faith is truly a help in
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