A recent article has brought attention to a troubling policy in Poland surrounding the use of surplus frozen embryos left over from in-vitro fertilization treatment (IVF). IVF requires fertilization of an egg outside of the womb, and embryos not used … Continue reading
Today is International Day to End Violence Against Women. The World Health Organization has a very helpful Twitter thread on the topic. One of their tweets links to this RESPECT framework for preventing Violence Against Women. It may be valuable … Continue reading
Ongoing 21-23 November of 2019, the Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law / New Zealand Bioethics Conference is spotlighting work by Māori thinkers. IJFAB Blog readers might want to look more closely at their work, which makes important contributions … Continue reading
So far in 2019, a measles outbreak in the DR of Congo has killed nearly 5,000 people. A September vaccination initiative by the Congolese government vaccinated an additional 800,000 people. In Samoa, 15 people have died and the government has … Continue reading
The Trump administration plans to limit the scientific and medical research that government agencies use when formulating public health policies, amidst protests from both scientists and physicians that this policy will undermine current scientific foundations for government legislation. A new … Continue reading
EDITOR’S NOTE: This Guest Blog comes to us from bioethicists Dr. Nathan Emmerich and Dr. Alexis Paton in response to a flurry of discussion over Sarah Franklin’s inquiry into bioethics in a recent issue of Nature. Alexis Paton is a … Continue reading
THE DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION to the Feminist Approaches to Bioethics Congress (and the World Congress of Bioethics) HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11th, 11:59pm EST! For details on formatting your abstract for FAB Congress, go to: https://iab2020.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/FAB_2020_CFP_August_2019_revised.pdf Today, … Continue reading
EDITOR’S NOTE: Sometimes contributors to IJFAB Blog find themselves having an informal conversation in person or on social media about a news event. When these conversations might shed light on otherwise-overlooked issues, a blog entry featuring some of the ideas … Continue reading
The Trump administration has been open about their family planning priorities, as evidenced in this 2018 blog post. The administration is pushing abstinence and “natural family planning” methods over safe, more effective contraceptives, emphasizing privately held religious values in public … Continue reading
Folks whose toolkit does not yet include American Black Feminism and Womanism may want to take a look at the New York Public Library’s, Black Feminism Introductory Research Guide, the scope of which is described here by Amara Green of … Continue reading
In positive bioethics news, a UN report has found that more women and children survive today than at any other point in history. Since 2000, child deaths have been reduced by nearly half and maternal deaths by over one-third. This … Continue reading
Following the two high-profile cases of Charlie Gard and Alfie Evans, parents’ right to pursue medical care for their child deemed futile by doctors is once again at stake in the UK. Photo courtesy of BBC news. Tafida Raqeeb suffered … Continue reading