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<p>On February 26th, an 11-year old girl was forced to give birth via c-section in the Tucumán province of Argentina. The infant, delivered at 23 weeks, has now died. The young girl, called &#8220;Lucia&#8221; to protect her identity, discovered she &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2019/03/11-year-old-forced-to-give-birth-via-c-section-in-argentina-infant-dies/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div style="padding-bot

<p>18 years after they were criticized by the World Health Organization for having among the highest c-section rate in the world, China has made a significant shift. China&#8217;s government sprang into action in 2001 after WHO criticized their 46% c-section &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2019/03/chinas-reduction-in-c-section-rates-uses-questionable-means/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div style="padding-bottom

<p>Jackie Leach Scully is Professor of Social Ethics and Bioethics, Director of the Policy, Ethics and Life Sciences (PEALS) Research Centre at Newcastle University, UK Earlier in February Erik Parens, Paul Appelbaum and Wendy Chung commented on some of the &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2019/02/profiling-the-genomes-of-embryos-it-almost-doesnt-matter-if-it-works-or-not/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div style=

<p>A recent study in Lesotho showed that climate change events such as severe drought have been linked to increased rates of HIV in women. This raises concerns of environmental justice, as vulnerable populations who are not the top contributors to &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2019/02/climate-change-events-worsen-hiv-epidemic-for-vulnerable-african-women/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div style="padding-bottom

<p>We have excellent news. For several years, IJFAB Blog has been helmed by Alison Reiheld. She will now be joined by Kimberly Engels. Professor Reiheld will continue to oversee original contributions and introduce the occasional news story under the Editors &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2019/02/ijfab-blog-news-new-addition-to-the-blog-editorial-team/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div style="padding-bottom:20p

<p>In the last few days, allegations of terrible ethical violations have hit the news. These primarily concern Congolese women who are being recruited for the Ebola vaccine trials, and who are seeking vaccination under the &#8220;compassionate use&#8221; exemptions that allow &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2019/02/we-can-help-you-but-first-reports-out-of-dcr-indicate-ebola-vaccine-study-recruiters-are-demanding-sex-in-exchange-for-enrollment/">

<p>Lauren FreemanHeather Stewart This guest blog comes to IJFAB from Lauren Freeman and Heather Stewart, and conveys the core of the argument they render in a recent issue of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal. &nbsp;Freeman&nbsp;is Associate Professor of Philosophy &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2019/02/shifting-perspectives-a-victim-centered-account-of-microaggressions-in-medicine-and-beyond/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rar

<p>As you may know, the US has recently been in the throes of an impassioned debate over abortion. There has recently been a great deal of discussion of New York&#8217;s new abortion law, and on Virginia politicians&#8217; claims about late &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2019/02/acog-response-to-recent-public-rhetoric-on-the-new-york-state-abortion-law-and-other-discussions-of-late-abortion/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span

<p>I have been seeing so much about the New York abortion law debate that I feel almost compelled to say a few words about it. The law states that a physician “may perform an abortion when, according to the practitioner’s &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2019/02/thinking-about-abortion-beyond-pro-life-and-pro-choice/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div style="padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;" class="hupso-sha

<p>The UN World Health Organization&#8217;s Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation is today, February 6, 2019. As the WHO says &#8220;#FGM violates women’s and girls’ rights. It must stop now.&#8221; If the user will not abuse it, purchase &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2019/02/today-is-international-day-of-zero-tolerance-for-female-genital-mutilation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div style="paddi

<p>Here is yet another example of the constant violations of our privacy rights we now endure in online settings. I&#8217;m scheduling a medical appointment online right now. There&#8217;s no mention of patient confidentiality or HIPAA on the scheduling site&#8211;but in &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2019/02/when-medical-scheduling-software-doesnt-follow-medical-ethics-guidelines/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p>

<p>For decades, feminists and feminist bioethicists in particular have been pointing out that male responsibility for birth control is essentially limited to barrier methods, e.g. condoms, and to withdrawal. While condoms have the advantage of also reducing the transmission of &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2019/01/at-last-hormonal-birth-control-affecting-sperm-production-is-on-the-horizon/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span>

<p>Over at the Hastings Center blog Bioethics Forum, Charlene Galarneau (who has written for IJFAB Blog, as well) has a few thoughts on how to broaden our understanding of what &#8220;Bathroom Bioethics&#8221; should mean. What do many transgender persons, farmworkers, &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2018/11/bathroom-bioethics-over-at-the-hastings-center-report/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div style="padding-b

<p>Alas, I am getting ready to go to FAB Congress in Bangalore, India soon, so I don&#8217;t have the time to  craft a full argument on two news stories about reproductive ethics that came to my attention this past week.  &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2018/11/unethical-care-for-laboring-women-in-british-prisons-and-for-indigenous-women-in-canada/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div style="padding-bottom:20px; pa

<p>Initiated in 1970, Title X is the only federal grant that is solely dedicated to providing family-planning funding, with a focus on serving low-income populations. The Title X program historically allowed all women, regardless of economic circumstances, access to birth &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2018/11/womans-body-as-public-property-title-x-and-reproductive-choice-in-trumps-america/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span>

<p>IJFAB Blog is beginning a new occasional series, &#8220;Decolonizing IJFAB Blog.&#8221; Medical Ethics has long been dominated by North American / European toolkits and contexts. This is certainly true of this Blog even though we are associated with the International &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2018/11/decolonizing-ijfab-blog-attention-to-nations-and-contexts-on-the-african-continent/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span>

<p>Two years ago, in the wake of an incident in which a black woman doctor attempted to render medical aid and was dismissed due to doubt that she was a physician, IJFAB Blog featured a post on the issue of &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2018/11/society-is-too-slow-to-learn-what-learned-people-look-like-black-women-are-what-a-doctor-looks-like/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div style="padding-bottom:20px; paddi

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