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Vatican Congregations and Pontifical Councils

Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Declaration on Euthanasia May 5, 1980

Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Declaration on Procured Abortion November 18, 1974

Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Dignitas Personae, On Certain Bioethical Questions December 2008

Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Donum Vitae, Instruction on Respect for Human Life 1987

Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Persona Humana, Declaration on Certain Questions Concerning Sexual Ethics December 29, 1975

Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Responses on Sterilization in Catholic Hospitals March 13, 1975

Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Response to Certain Questions of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Concerning Artificial Nutrition and Hydration August 1, 2007

Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Commentary on Nutrition and Hydration August 1, 2007

Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Responses to Questions Proposed Concerning “Uterine Isolation” July 31, 1993

Pontifical Academy for Life, Declaration on the Production and Scientific and Theraputic Use of Human Embryonic Stem Cells, August 25, 2000

Pontifical Academy for Life, Moral Reflections on Vaccines Prepared from Cells Derived from Aborted Human Fetuses June 5, 2005

Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers. Charter for health care workers. 1995

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