Background and Link Roundup on US policies of family separation and internment
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Editor’s Note: This blog entry from the IJFAB Blog Editor provides background on the current US handling of undocumented immigrants crossing at the southern border, on increased detention of immigrants generally including the role of for-profit prison corporations, and on shifts … Continue reading

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Major change coming to new WHO disease classification system for transgender persons, but will it be good?
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I have long been concerned with how our nosologies–the way in which we classify diseases, and decide which human conditions count as diseases–exemplify a mix of science and social values. In my work, I’ve touched on this with obesity, and … Continue reading

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Outcome of Irish abortion vote: Repeal of the 8th
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I appreciated Sorcha’s excellent blog the other day in the lead-up to the Irish vote on whether to repeal the 8th amendment which was added to the Irish constitution 25 years ago. For more background, check it out.  But I … Continue reading

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‘No’ means we keep the Status Quo: A ‘yes’ vote is the only morally acceptable result in Ireland’s Abortion Referendum
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Editor’s Note: Irish philosopher Sorcha Uí Chonnachtaigh is a long-time member of the Feminist Approaches to Bioethics Network, and writes for IJFAB Blog today on the upcoming urgent vote on whether to keep Ireland’s 8th amendment. As has long been noted, … Continue reading

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Questions and Sorrow and Regret and a Plan: Reflections on Medical Scarcity and Triage in the Gaza Strip
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We all see things through our lenses, for good or for ill. And when listening to the numbers of civilian casualties in Gaza in U.S. press coverage over the last few days, I kept thinking about the emergency rooms and … Continue reading

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“More an Inmate Than a Patient…”: check out this consideration of autonomy and long-term care settings
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Bioethicists have long been alert to the delicate dance of preserving patient autonomy in long-term residential care settings such as nursing homes, rehabilitation facilities, and other institutional settings where patients may reside for extended periods of time in the U.S. … Continue reading

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Transgender residents of Wisconsin sue the State for Medicaid coverage of gender confirmation treatments
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As you may know, Medicaid is the US government health care safety net program for low-income Americans. While both the federal government and each state government contribute funds, the states make the decisions on allocation of those funds. Some states … Continue reading

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Persons as Producers: Why bioethics should be concerned with work culture and the structure of labor
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Today, May 1, is known in the labor rights movement as May Day or International Workers’ Day. It celebrates the dignity of laboring humans and the right to be seen as and live as fully human. I want to use … Continue reading

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Individualization, Access, and Bias: ACOG issues new consensus call for improvements to maternal health care, but there are serious pitfalls to watch out for
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I am struck by what health care disparities and the lived experiences of postpartum patients mean for implementation of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology’s new guidelines on postpartum care. These guidelines valuably refocus the medical establishment’s focus on … Continue reading

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King’s Words on Health Injustice: what did he actually say?
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Editor’s Note: This blog is a short version of the issue that author and feminist bioethicist Charlene Galarneau wrestles with in her article “Getting King’s Words Right” in the most recent issue of the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and … Continue reading

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The public health response that drug addiction should always have gotten is coming into play for opioids in a way it never did for crack
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Whenever there is a disparate social response to a problem that afflicts one group of people relative to a problem that afflicts another, it is worth asking why. Such questions are not asked to imply that no one should  get … Continue reading

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In case you missed it, ACOG’s guidelines on reproductive sterilization were updated last year
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Feminist bioethics is, of course, about more than reproductive ethics. But it is also about reproductive bioethics.  One of the big issues with reproductive bioethics from a feminist perspective is the tension between who is dissuaded from or prevented from … Continue reading

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