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Misdirected Anger at Planned Parenthood Video: <br />Don’t Stigmatize Women Who Donate Fetal Tissue
<p>Guest post by Elizabeth Yuko (Fordham University) Yesterday, a group that calls itself the “Center for Medical Progress” released a video which shows a Planned Parenthood doctor discussing various aspects of the fetal tissue donation process. Filmed undercover and heavily edited, … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/07/misdirected-anger-at-planned-parenthood-video-dont-stigmatize-women-who-donate-fetal-tissue/">Continue reading <span class="m
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Jul 15, 20152 min read


“From Jackie and Me: A Plea for Opt-Out Organ Donation”
<p>By Hilde Lindemann (Michigan State University): Three weeks ago, my dear friend Jackie, a internationally recognized bioethicist in her fifties who lives in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, went to bed with what she thought was a bad case of flu. A few days later … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/07/from-jackie-and-me-a-plea-for-opt-out-organ-donation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Jul 15, 20152 min read


“Colorado’s Effort Against Teenage Pregnancies Is a Startling Success”
<p>The birthrate among teenagers across the state plunged by 40 percent from 2009 to 2013, while their rate of abortions fell by 42 percent, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. There was Most men forget or ignore … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/07/colorados-effort-against-teenage-pregnancies-is-a-startling-success/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Jul 11, 20151 min read


CFP: “Feminist Phenomenology, Medicine, Bioethics, and Health”
<p>CALL FOR PAPERS IJFAB Special Issue 11.2: “Feminist Phenomenology, Medicine, Bioethics, and Health” Guest Editor Lauren Freeman (University of Louisville) Lauren.Freeman@louisville.edu Although by no means mainstream, phenomenological approaches to bioethics and philosophy of medicine are no longer novel. Such approaches take … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/07/cfp-feminist-phenomenology-medicine-bioethics-and-health/">Continue reading <
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Jul 10, 20153 min read


“The Mistreatment of Women during Childbirth in Health Facilities Globally: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review”
<p>This systematic review illustrates how, in many settings worldwide, women’s childbirth experiences in health facilities are marred by instances of mistreatment, including physical and verbal abuse, a lack of supportive care, neglect, discrimination, and denial of autonomy. Our findings indicate … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/07/the-mistreatment-of-women-during-childbirth-in-health-facilities-globally-a-mixed-methods-systematic-review/">
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Jul 8, 20151 min read


Useful Rape Analogies, Cartoon Form
<p>From Everyday Feminism via Upworthy (which includes a few other links I have not checked out), “How 7 things that have nothing to do with rape perfectly illustrate the concept of consent.” Some studies have also shown that viagra pharmacy has some … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/07/useful-rape-analogies-cartoon-form/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Jul 3, 20151 min read


Susan Sherwin Appointed to the Order of Canada
<p>Susan Sherwin (Dalhousie University) has been granted this honour for her work in feminist bioethics, “notably through her writings on discrimination in health care.” For those unfamiliar with this distinction: Established in 1967 by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the Order of … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/07/susan-sherwin-appointed-to-the-order-of-canada/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Jul 2, 20151 min read


The Myths We Tell Ourselves: Justice Clarence Thomas’ dissent in Obergefell v. Hodges
<p>In invalidating same-sex marriage bans nationwide in Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court held that the Fourteenth Amendment protected marriage as a fundamental liberty, regardless of the sex of the spouses. Specifically, it noted that The Fourteenth Amendment requires a State to … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/07/the-myths-we-tell-ourselves-justice-clarence-thomas-dissent-in-obergefell-v-hodges/">Continue reading <span class="meta-n
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Jul 1, 20155 min read


John Oliver on Transgender Rights
<p>He’s rejected the claim to being the conscience of America (because, really, who would accept that burden?); nevertheless, I’d say that Erectile dysfunction in simple words can be described as the inability to get and maintain erection sufficient for a sexual … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/06/john-oliver-on-transgender-rights/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Jun 30, 20151 min read


In Celebration of the U.S. Supreme Court Decision on Gay Marriage
<p>The Paris Gay Pride parade was held on Saturday, June 27, and its route went right in front of my apartment on the Boulevard Saint Michel. Please enjoy these photos in celebration of the narrow victory for sexual justice in … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/06/in-celebration-of-the-u-s-supreme-court-decision-on-gay-marriage/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Jun 29, 20151 min read


What Re-Makes a Woman?
<p>This guest post by Jamie Lindemann Nelson (Michigan State) originally appeared at Impact Ethics. Elinor Burkett’s June 7th New York Times editorial, “What Makes a Woman?” has generated a good share of attention—not surprising, perhaps, given how hot transgender is just now and how perennially … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/06/what-re-makes-a-woman/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Jun 18, 20154 min read


Critical Reflections on “Huntgate”
<p>The Nobel prize-winning Cambridge biochemist Tim Hunt caused uproar this week, with some comments — which he later said were intended self-deprecatingly and humorously — to an audience of scientists, many of them women, on the topic of women in … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/06/critical-reflections-on-huntgate/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Jun 17, 20152 min read


Who is your doctor? <br />The value of primary care in reducing health costs and unnecessary medical interventions
<p>I had the pleasure of seeing Atul Gawande speak at the National Museum of New Zealand (Te Papa) a few weeks ago. He noted that in America, many people do not know who their doctor is. This made me chuckle. … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/06/who-is-your-doctor-the-value-of-primary-care-in-reducing-health-costs-and-unnecessary-medical-interventions/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Jun 15, 20155 min read


Les mots
<p>I was recently giving a paper on Franco-Anglo Feminisms in Canada at panel on Canadian Feminisms at the Hypatia/CSW conference, Exploring Collaborative Contestations and Diversifying Philosophy, at Villanova. A subject that seems little discussed outside Québec and Franco-Canada is the … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/06/words/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Jun 12, 20153 min read


The Effects of Poverty on Children’s Brain Development
<p>A recent article by Madeline Ostrander in the New Yorker describes research that examines “what poverty does to the young brain.” One major focus of her article is a recent study that found a link between socioeconomic factors and brain … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/06/the-effects-of-poverty-on-childrens-brain-development/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Jun 11, 20153 min read


A Copernican Revolution in Nutrition?
<p>Recently, Truthout published an article by Jeff Ritterman, M.D., about the impact of misdirected nutritional advice on our nation’s health. According to Ritterman, U.S. dietary guidelines formulated in the late 70’s that directed Americans to limit intake of fats, and … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/06/a-copernican-revolution-in-nutrition/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Jun 9, 20153 min read


“How To Be A Good Patient”
<p>Be good because if you’re not, you’ll find yourself labeled hysterical, depressed, bored, lonely, a drug-seeker, attention-seeker, perfectly healthy with a low threshold for discomfort. Bad behavior includes crying when talking about the time you pooped your pants in Trader … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/06/how-to-be-a-good-patient/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Jun 5, 20151 min read


Caitlyn Jenner: Transitioning in the Limelight
<p>It’s been an exciting couple of years in the world of LGBT rights and visibility. Gays and lesbians especially have seen radical changes in the ways that their/our lives are legislated and represented. Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is gone. Part … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/06/caitlyn-jenner-transitioning-in-the-limelight/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Jun 3, 20155 min read


“Gender Performance: The TransAdvocate Interviews Judith Butler”
<p>One choice quotation: What is much more important than any of these behaviorist or “moral” approaches are all the stories, poems, and testimonies, the theoretical and political works, that document the struggle to achieve embodied self-determination for individuals and for … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2015/05/gender-performance-the-transadvocate-interviews-judith-butler/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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May 29, 20151 min read


Amy Schumer: Bill Cosby in the Court of Public Opinion
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May 28, 20151 min read
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