In their written responses, several readers invoked the Hippocratic Oath, from which the phrase “first do no harm” is derived.

The subject of every public policy question is a person, created and redeemed through love, writes Matt Malone, S.J.

These traditional, indigenous birth practices should never have been erased in the first place.

Income is perhaps the unifying indicator of health care in crisis across all the margins of America—a reliable predictor of poor health outcomes from inadequate treatment for common illnesses—leading to the final measure of all: substantially lower life expectancy.

Dental care should be a priority in any plan to reduce inequities and improve the well-being of all citizens.

We are called to a life of humble service and radical reliance on God but not to perfection, writes Tom Catena.