Dear Feminist Approaches to Bioethics Affinity Group Members, Please save the date for an upcoming workshop on publishing feminist work in bioethics journals which FAB is hosting via Zoom on Friday June 3rd at noon pacific (Los Angeles)/3pm eastern (New York). The workshop will feature: Anna … Continue reading
CALL FOR PAPERSedited volume: Disability Justice in Emergency Conditions DESCRIPTION The COVID-19 pandemic brought into the foreground—and exacerbated—a host of existing social inequities and injustices, including and especially those facing disabled people. Prior to the pandemic, people with disabilities across … Continue reading
In 2003, Harriet McBryde Johnson famously engaged Peter Singer to discuss his views on disabled persons. Like so many before him–utilitarians or not–Singer argued that the lives of disabled persons involved more suffering and less joy than non-disabled persons, and … Continue reading
In June of 2020, when US President Trump formally expressed his intention to withdraw from the WHO just as the scope of the COVID-19 pandemic had become clear, this also meant withdrawing from COVAX, the international program intended to change … Continue reading
As 2020 comes to a close, we have news out of Argentina that decades of feminist pro-choice activism have come to fruition: the Senate has passed a bill that came through the House recently, decriminalizing abortion up through 14 weeks … Continue reading
Argentina’s Congress has legalised abortions up to the 14th week of pregnancy, with the Senate approving the measure by a vote of 38-29. Prior to the vote, abortion was only allowed in the case of rape or a threat to … Continue reading
Argentina’s current law makes abortion legal only in cases of rape or threat to the life of the pregnant person. As in many countries where abortion is illegal, abortions nonetheless happen, but less safely. Argentine feminists and feminist bioethicists have … Continue reading
A recent survey in four African countries has shown the covid19 pandemic has led to harsh economic and health consequences for women. The survey reported significant impacts on both food security and household income. Additionally, the women reported that social … Continue reading
Editor’s Note: This post comes to us from Guest Contributors Carina Fourie and Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra. Agomini has previously contributed work for IJFAB Blog on pregnancy as a superhuman feat. Prof. Fourie holds the Benjamin Rabinowitz Chair in Medical Ethics in … Continue reading
What joy! The first episode of FAB Gab is out! Kate McKay speaks with guest editors, Kristen Borgerson and Letitia Meynell, about the legacy of Susan Sherwin’s academic and activist work, in feminist bioethics, philosophy, and policy. They should also be viagra … Continue reading
According to the BBC, 10 members of the indigenous Greater Andamanese tribe in India have tested positive for coronavirus in the past month. The Greater Andamanese only have 53 remaining members. Photo courtesy of BBCnews. The Andamans Islands are home … Continue reading
It is perhaps well known that of the 27 members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, only two of them are women. A recent report from NPR shows that this is not a problem unique to the United States. … Continue reading