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Press Releases
Catholic Medical Association and National Catholic Bioethics Center Announce Disappointment with the American Medical Association’s Decision Not to Endorse Their Council’s Recommendation to Continue Opposing Legalized Physician-Assisted Suicide
(PHILADELPHIA, PA)— June 12, 2018 The Catholic Medical Association (CMA) in concert with the National Catholic Bioethics Center (NCBC) announced disappointment in the decision by the American Medical Associations (AMA) House of Delegates who voted to reject their own Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs’ (CEJA) report recommending the AMA retain its long-held opposition to physician-assisted suicide.... Read More
Catholic Medical Association Celebrates U.S. Supreme Court’s Defense of Conscience Rights in Colorado Cake Baker Case
PHILADELPHIA, PA – June 4, 2018 – Calling it a victory for conscience rights, today the Catholic Medical Association, (CMA) praised the Supreme Court’s decision supporting a Christian Colorado baker who refused for religious reasons to create a wedding cake for a gay couple. Last December the CMA joined the Alliance Defending Freedom, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, the... Read More
Catholic Medical Association Praises American Medical Association’s First Step in Maintaining Opposition to Physician Assisted Suicide
Urges CMA Members and other Healthcare Professionals to Lobby AMA Board for Final Approval (PHILADELPHIA, PA)— May 8, 2018 The Catholic Medical Association (CMA) is urging its members and other healthcare professionals to contact the American Medical Association in support of maintaining its opposition to Physician Assisted Suicide (PAS) by not amending the AMA’s long-standing... Read More
Catholic Medical Association Offers Prayers and Condolences to the Parents of Alfie Evans
(PHILADELPHIA, PA)— April 28, 2018 The Catholic Medical Association (CMA) offers its prayers and condolences to the parents of Alfie Evans. During these last weeks, CMA members have followed the extensive media coverage reporting on the condition and possible treatment options for Alfie Evans. Based on various reports, the doctors treating Alfie seemed to indicate... Read More
New Abortion Pill Reversal Study Shows a 68% Success Rate Authors Include Catholic Medical Association Members
Progesterone Protocol Offers Second Chance for Women Who Change Their Minds After Beginning the Medical Abortion Procedure PHILADELPHIA, PA – APRIL 4, 2018 – A new medical study looking at the use of progesterone to reverse mifepristone (RU-486) medical abortions is being published in the peer-reviewed medical journal, Issues in Law and Medicine. Women who change their minds after taking mifepristone, the... Read More
Catholic Medical Association Joins with 25,000 Physicians Fighting Proposed Global Abortion Policy to Strip Conscience Rights Protections
PHILADELPHIA, PA – FEBRUARY 12, 2018 – Conscience rights protections for health care providers in the U.S. and abroad are once again under attack. The World Medical Association (WMA) representing 10 million physicians worldwide is poised to approve a policy that would demand doctors refer for abortion, even against their conscience. Although current federal statutes... Read More
Catholic Medical Association Calls Senate Confirmation of Health & Human Services Secretary a Major Victory for Life and Conscience Protection
PHILADELPHIA, PA – JANUARY 26, 2018 – Calling Alex Azar’s appointment a critical step in ensuring the protection of life and conscience rights the Catholic Medical Association (CMA), declared it another pro-life victory by the Trump administration. Azar, a graduate of Yale Law School clerked for pro-life Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. The former pharmaceutical... Read More
Catholic Medical Association Members Participate in 2018 March For Life Celebrate President Trump’s Appearance & HHS’s Support of Conscience Rights
WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 19, 2018 – Donning white coats members of the Catholic Medical Association (CMA) took to the streets of the nation’s capital today, joining with tens of thousands of other pro-life supporters at the annual March for Life. This year marks the 45th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion.... Read More
A New President for the Catholic Medical Association – Dr. Peter Morrow
(PHILADELPHIA, PA)— January 9, 2018 The Catholic Medical Association (CMA) is proud to announce the appointment of its new President, Dr. Peter Morrow an Internal Medicine physician. Dr. Morrow will lead the largest association of Catholic health care professionals in the United States. The Catholic Medical Association is a national, physician-led community of more than... Read More
Catholic Medical Association Announces First Female Editor of Linacre Quarterly – Physician, Attorney, Served on The National Council of the USCCB
PHILADELPHIA, PA – January 3, 2018 – The Catholic Medical Association, (CMA) is pleased to announce the new editor of the Linacre Quarterly, Barbara Golder, MD, JD. Dr. Golder, the first female editor in the peer reviewed 86-year history, served five years as Treasurer of the Florida Medical Association and Medical-Legal Editor Journal of the Florida... Read More
