MAiD and IJFAB: Why Bioethical Discourse is Not Endorsement
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In the past few months, a number of posts and Tweets from the Biopolitical Philosophy blog have stated that the International Journal of Feminist Bioethics (IJFAB) has ‘promoted’ medical assistance in dying (MAiD) along with the legislation currently being considered … Continue reading

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New study provides additional evidence that clinicians’ disability stigma affects care for disabled patients

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

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Episode 4 of FAB Gab is out now!
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Global COVID Vaccine distribution is a central concern for global bioethics, and feminist bioethics’ attention to patterns of power and injustice
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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

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Argentina Legalizes Abortion

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

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Discovery Through Books
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Danielle Wenner, a philosopher and bioethicist, noted on Twitter that throughout her undergraduate philosophy training there had been no inclusion of feminist or racial philosophy. My own undergraduate philosophy training was similar. When I later returned to academia to study … Continue reading

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Argentina moves closer to legalizing abortion

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

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Pandemic causing severe economic and health consequences for African women
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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

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Implications of COVID-19’s Gender and Sex Inequalities: The Significance of Social Justice for Pandemic Responses

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

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New IJFAB Podcast drops today!

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

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Greater Andamanese tribe, with only 50 remaining members, struck by coronavirus

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

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FAB2020 IJFAB Volume: Paper Submission Information

Thank you everyone for your interest in submitting your FAB2020 papers to IJFAB! Please note the manuscript submission date, as well as other submission-related information:    Submission of papers for review in the FAB2020 issue of IJFAB: September 1, 2020 … Continue reading

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