Posts Tagged ‘Determination of Death Act’

Broadening definition of brain death challenged

Monday, July 24th, 2023
definition of brain death

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and the National Catholic Bioethics Center have raised concerns over a potential rewriting of US law that could broaden the definition of brain death. At the heart of the matter is the Uniform Determination of Death Act, initially proposed by the Uniform Law Commission (ULC) in 1981. Read more