The latest episode of FAB Gab is out now! In this episode, Claire Moore discusses her recent paper, which puts Sen’s capabilities approach to use in addressing conscientious objection to providing emergency contraception in the U.S. Claire’s approach takes reproductive autonomy and religious expression as two important capabilities.

Here’s a sneak peek at the conversation:

…many bioethicists agree and argue that we have a right to things like bodily autonomy or to reproductive choice. And those are really important to a lot of different arguments in bioethics. But similarly, a lot of bioethicists also agree that we have a right to enjoy religious expression and freedom from religious persecution. So seemingly, these sort of two things, what Sen would call a capability, these two different capabilities are at odds, which is, of course, very familiar in many debates about reproductive health care. So essentially, I try and argue that conscientious refusal to emergency contraception can create a very burdensome inequality for people wishing to prevent pregnancy, given the sort of background of historical and justices that are so apparent in the US with respect to reproductive health care access.

Claire Moore, in conversation

You can listen to the episode here, and access a transcript and the paper. Check out some of our other episodes, while you’re at it!

FAB Gab is hosted and produced by Kathryn MacKay