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Alison Reiheld, Emma Tumilty, Mercer Gary, and Elizabeth Lanphier are the co-Editors of IJFAB Blog

October 19th is World Bioethics Day

Did you know that World Bioethics Day was established in 2015? It is celebrated every October 19th. This year’s theme is “Non-Discrimination and Non-Stigmatization” – a topic ripe for, and in many ways reflecting, feminist approaches to bioethics. (How) are … Continue reading

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Opportunity: Mellon Grant “Widening the Arc of Trans History”

People research trans feminist bioethics who do archival work should check out this great new opportunity, funded by the Mellon Foundation. From project co-director Hil Malatino: The project, “Widening the Arc of Trans History: Archival Research for Public Storytelling,” will … Continue reading

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ASBH Feminist Approaches to Bioethics Affinity Group

On the blog we’ve previously shared a sneak preview of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH) plans for the Feminist Approaches to Bioethics (FAB) Affinity Group. The upcoming session features one of the blog co-editors! Now we’re providing … Continue reading

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Latest IJFAB Issue, Vol 17 no. 1

Check out the fantastic lineup of articles in the latest issue of IJFAB! Zoe L. Tongue, “Locating Abortion and Contraception on the Obstetric Violence Continuum”: An argument for the extension of the category of obstetric violence, typically focused on childbirth, … Continue reading

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Publishers Sell Access to Research as AI Training Data: Responses from Feminist Bioethicists?

In May of this year, Taylor & Francis (which also owns Routledge) sold access to its research to Microsoft for about $10million. Taylor & Francis’ parent company confirmed to Bookseller that “it is providing Microsoft non-exclusive access to advanced learning content … Continue reading

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FABGab Episode 2 – now live

FABGab Episode 2 is now live with Prof. Wendy Rogers talking about her work with Jacqueline Dalziell on “What Feminist Bioethics can bring to Synthethic Biology” available in Volume 16 Issue 2 of the journal here. It’s fascinating paper applying … Continue reading

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IAB/FAB Congress in Qatar and New IAB President

This June the International Association of Bioethics (IAB) and Feminist Approaches to Bioethics (FAB) is meeting at the World Congress of Bioethics/FAB Congress in Qatar, where the new IAB President was announced to be Dr. Caesar Atuire. Dr. Atuire is … Continue reading

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Feminist Bioethics Scholar Spotlight: Nicole Fice

For our next installment of our Feminist Bioethics Scholar Spotlight Series, we have Nicole Fice, PhD, Assistant Professor at Trent University. Read on to learn more about Nicole and her work. What drew you to bioethics? In other words, what’s … Continue reading

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FABGab is back!

Dr Kathryn MacKay was the amazing host of FABGab a podcast talking to authors about their papers published in the International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics. The episodes provide great overviews and insights into papers and the writing process. … Continue reading

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New Articles of Interest

Check out these recently published articles likely to be of interest to feminist bioethicists! Siobhan de Lange, Dee Muller, & Chloe Dafkin, “Biomedical research on autism in low- and middle-income countries: Considerations from the South African context,” Developing World Bioethics … Continue reading

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Feminist Bioethics Scholar Spotlight: Regina Müller

This installment of the Feminist Bioethics Scholar Spotlight series features Regina Müller. Dr. Müller is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Philosophy at the University of Bremen. Her professional background is in philosophy, history of arts (University Regensburg), and … Continue reading

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Feminist Bioethics Book Spotlight: Microaggressions in Medicine

In this installment of our IJFAB Blog Feminist Bioethics Spotlight Series we’re spotlighting a new book by Lauren Freeman and Heather Stewart just out this spring as part of the Bioethics for Social Justice Series with Oxford University Press. It … Continue reading

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