Bioethics / medical ethics folks, and people who work on reproduction, obstetrics, and gynecology may want this on their radar: Black women with sickle cell anemia pressured to undergo sterilization. It’s clearly not forced sterilization, and more like coerced sterilization … Continue reading
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
The COVID-19 pandemic brought the already growing industry of telemedicine into most of our phones, homes, and healthcare routines. Telemedicine–or the connection of patient and physician by virtual means such as videocall or secure messaging–has become a key lifeline for … Continue reading
This is a draft of the FAB 2024 Schedule. It is a final-ish draft which is always subject to a few changes. Please get in touch with Jackie and Anna with any questions…and we will try to do our best. … Continue reading
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
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
Get in touch to review some of the great titles coming out this year! 2024 is shaping up to be great book year and there were some great titles closing out 2023 as well.. The International Journal of Feminist Approaches … Continue reading
Readers of the IJFAB blog will be aware that the 2024 FAB conference has been facing some unprecedented difficulties. A bit of background: Because FAB arose out of a special interest group on feminist bioethics within IAB, for many years … Continue reading
Since our last post on the issue in November, the series of health crises facing Palestinians has worsened considerably. After 140 days of escalated hostilities and ongoing Israeli bombardment, both basic utilities and healthcare infrastructure have been decimated, leaving those … Continue reading
See the below call, which would benefit greatly from feminist bioethical analyses of a range of issues at the intersection of health and incarceration. _____________ The Hastings Center Report: Special Series on Health and Incarceration Incarceration has been intertwined with bioethics … Continue reading
We’re pleased to present the table of contents and abstracts from the latest issue of IJFAB: International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics. For the full issue, see University of Toronto Journals. Dirk Lafaut & Gily Coene, “Autonomy Without Borders? … Continue reading
The ongoing Israeli siege and bombardment of Gaza has exacerbated existing health crises and ignited new ones. We offer a list of reputable news sources addressing the mutli-faceted threats to health and healthcare delivery in the occupied Palestinian territories. The … Continue reading
