Sydney March

Currently, 75% of the authors earnings will go to Options for Women East. Options East is a pregnancy medical clinic located in St. Paul, MN. The clinic provides a sanctuary to many women and families in need of prenatal care. Their motto is: Encourage, Empower, and Embrace and caring philosophy stems from the desire to care for ‘two souls, not one.’ Options East is the only pregnancy medical clinic in the state that provides extensive in-house prenatal and postpartum care, education, and support up until their little is 3 (and supports them in various ways beyond). They are also going through an extensive accreditation process. Providing this care is not easy. Your generosity, prayers, and support are very much appreciated! Sydney March and her family live in Minnesota. She is a Registered & Public Health Nurse that currently works in the Emergency Department at a major Metro hospital; one of the many founding members of a local Clinical Ethics and Values Program, and co-leader an Ethics Champion’s Program at her hospital. She has been a part of their Ethics Committee since 2015. She is a staff nurse at Options for Women East, where in 2015, she was brought on to assist, expand, and develop their Prenatal/Postnatal Program that was started a few months prior to her arrival. She is on the Medical Advisory Board for Elevate Life – a pregnancy center support affiliate for encouraging best practices in pro-life clinics. For close two years, she taught Nursing Ethics and Advocacy in a New Grad Program for newly graduated nurses. During the COVID-19 pandemic in May 2020, she was asked to lead the Archdiocesan Anointing Corps by the St. Paul/Minneapolis Bishops for training priests on how to administer the Sacraments of the Sick to COVID patients, while working with facilities to promote their necessity and presence to those suffering and dying from COVID. She has a Bachelor of Liberal Art’s in Theology from Christendom College (2008), with the thesis: “The Need for a Spirituality of the Family.” Bachelor of Science in Nursing from St. Scholastica (2014). Master of Science in Bioethics from University of Mary (2018) – her Capstone project was an ethical analysis on opportunistic and non-opportunistic salpingectomy, entitled: “An Ethical Analysis on Emergent and Non-Emergent Tubal Ligations.” She obtained her certification in Catholic Health Care Ethics in 2017 from the National Catholic Bioethics Center, of which she is also a member/supporter. She presented two ethics proposals during the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities conference in October 2021: An Ethical and Theological Analysis on the Practice and Restrictions of Whole-Person Care within Healthcare during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic, with Comparative Analysis on Safety Protocols and Practices of the Catholic Church and An Ethical Analysis of Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for Mass Distribution of Experimental Therapy. She recently graduated from Holy Apostles College and Seminary with her Master of Arts in Moral Theology – whose thesis was: “Freedom and Truth in Suffering: A Moral and Theological Approach for Humanity.” Other facts: As a nurse, she has her certifications in Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Trauma Nursing Core Certification, Perinatal Loss Certificate. Awards: Presidential Lifetime Achievement in 2020, DAISY Award for Nurses, Voice of Democracy X2, Honorary Membership to the Military Officer’s Association, 3 VFW Awards for Organizing a Support the Troops Rally in 2003 with 3000+ attendees. Previous publications: Duluth News Tribune, Star Tribune, Weekly Reader, National Catholic Nurses Association, Curatio, Metro Hospital Nursing Newsletter. Interviews: Radio Co-host w/Brad Bennett at 16 yrs, The Glenn Beck Show, Practicing Catholic, and the Catholic Spirit