FAB Congress and World Congress of Bioethics app is live Wednesday June 17 at 3 pm GMT-5!

Anyone planning or hoping to attend the virtual format of the World Congress of Bioethics and Feminist Approaches to Bioethics Congress should download the eventScribe app. There will be scheduled streamed keynote speakers, and over 300 unscheduled talks–audio tracks over … Continue reading

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Covid19 and the Spirit of Seriousness
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Editor’s Note: There had been many COVID-19 patient narratives, some from health care providers and public health experts who have themselves contracted the illness. But there have been relatively few from philosophers working in bioethics. Here is one such narrative … Continue reading

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Feminist Approaches to Bioethics(FAB) Congress / World Congress of Bioethics is coming up. Here’s how the virtual conference will work.

Information here is taken from the World Congress of Bioethics/FAB Congress website and copied here for your convenience. If you haven’t registered yet, you can still register for FAB-only, WCB-only, or FAB+WCB at the reduced virtual conference rates. VIRTUAL DETAILS: … Continue reading

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New scholarly journal, The Journal of Philosophy of Disability, taking submissions beginning June 1 2020

Starting June 1st, the Journal of Philosophy of Disability (JPD) will begin accepting submissions. The JPD is a new peer-reviewed journal dedicated to questions regarding disability, broadly construed, and it is the first of its kind. Edited by Joel Michael … Continue reading

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Are Coronavirus Triage Protocols Sacrificing Fat People? Should They?
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The coronavirus pandemic has sparked new fears among fat activists that fat people will be sacrificed in virtue of medical triage protocols used to ration ventilators, ICU beds, and medicine, which are all in critical supply throughout America (hereafter I … Continue reading

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UPDATE for FAB Congress on Oral Presentation paper times: NOT just 10 minutes

FAB 2020 virtual conference presenters: Please note that the error regarding shortened presentation times has been corrected, and even though the online form might say that you have ten minutes for your presentation (for example), you actually have your original … Continue reading

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5 (Controversial?) Thoughts from a Bioethicist on the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Disablism In a Time of Pandemic: Some Things Don’t Change
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The Covid-19 pandemic is currently accompanied by a parallel outbreak of bioethical and clinical ethical discussion offering guidance for the difficult decisions that healthcare professionals and others face as the pandemic develops. Right at the moment there is a strong … Continue reading

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World Congress of Bioethics/FAB 2020 Virtual Conference Update

The World Congress of Bioethics Planning Committee, along with the IAB Board of Directors and WCB Internation Advisory Committee, is working diligently to transition the conference to a 3-day virtual meeting. With this change, a new registration structure and timeline will … Continue reading

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COVID-19 Childbirth Restrictions Could Disproportionately Harm Black and Native Women
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A recent article by Kimberly Seals Allers discusses how COVID-19 safety restrictions related to giving birth and breastfeeding could potentially disproportionately harm black and Native American women. Photo courtesy of Women’s E-News Some hospitals are now classifying not only family … Continue reading

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FAB 2020

Dear FAB members and FAB 2020 delegates, We are still trying to work with IAB to find a workable solution for moving the conference to a virtual format.  For all those wondering what will happen with registration dates and fees, … Continue reading

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Invisible Vulnerables
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Being a parent of someone in an especially vulnerable group makes one feel like you are sitting on a ticking bomb–in addition to the anxiety we all feel during this time of pandemic. I am hiding out in our lovely … Continue reading

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