Summer 2012

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Catholic Medical Groups Urge FDA to Reinstate Safeguards on Abortion Pill Mifepristone

The Catholic Medical Association (CMA), alongside several prominent Catholic health and ethics organizations, has formally requested that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conduct a comprehensive review of the abortion drug mifepristone, citing rising safety concerns—especially in cases involving telemedicine. In a joint letter addressed to FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary, the coalition urges…
The Medical Student and Resident Boot Camp: Holy Transformation

A reflection by David Chen M.D., MS-Bioethics, MA-Phil, MBA, DFAPA, the chairman of the Medical Student and Resident Boot Camp Committee: In an interview by McKenna Snow for CatholicVote.org on April 11, 2025 (full interview is originally published: https://catholicvote.org/summer-boot-camp-equips-catholic-medical-students-with-training-on-bioethics-issues/), I described the importance of the annual weeklong Catholic Medical Association’s Boot Camp providing pro-life training…
The Leadership Training Meeting: Forming Leaders, Building Guilds, Deepening Mission

By Jeremy Jones, DO The Catholic Medical Association (CMA) once again hosted a deeply formative and mission-driven Leadership Training Meeting (LTM) from June 27–29 at the University of St. Mary of the Lake (USML) and Mundelein Seminary in Illinois. This year’s theme — “A Guild and State Director Workshop” — guided a powerful series of…