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Adrienne Asch
<p>This post originally appeared on the Medical College of Wisconsin Bioethics Listserv. It is posted here with permission from the author. I have known Adrienne since the mid-1980s, when she approached me after I had given a talk for the … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2013/11/adrienne-asch/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Nov 22, 20133 min read


Remebering Adrienne Asch
<p>This is a guest post by Alice Dreger of Northwestern University Adrienne Asch, PhD, director of the Center for Ethics at Yeshiva University, died on November 19, of cancer. Adrienne was a pillar of American bioethics, the scholar to whom … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2013/11/remebering-adrienne-asch/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Nov 21, 20132 min read


Campus Suicide
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Nov 19, 20131 min read


Read this and weep…
<p>Read This and Weep. . . Assuming that this is an accurate story–and determining that would be part of the job–what should bioethics’ response be? I’m not sure there’s anything distinctively feminist at issue here, except insofar as we are … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2013/11/read-this-and-weep/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Nov 12, 20132 min read


New German “Third Sex” Law: Appearance and Reality
<p>Over the last week news outlets—from Der Spiegel to the Wall Street Journal—have reported that Germany has become the second country to permit a “third” gender option for the birth of children (Australia was the first). These reports suggest that … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2013/11/new-german-third-sex-law-appearance-and-reality/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Nov 7, 20132 min read


CFP: Vol. 9, No. 3: “Health and Ecological Destruction: Fracking and Beyond”
<p>The deadline for submission for this issue is September 1, 2015. Laura Purdy and Wendy Lynne Lee “Which questions moral philosophers choose to study—and choose not to study—is itself a moral issue,” wrote Virginia Warren in her groundbreaking 1979 article. … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2013/11/cfp-vol-9-no-3-health-and-ecological-destruction-fracking-and-beyond/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Nov 4, 20133 min read


Breast Cancer in Uganda
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Oct 31, 20131 min read


Reminded
<p>Note from the Editor: This is a guest post about the difficulties trans* people often encounter when seeking medical care. Medical care can be difficult to navigate in the best circumstances, but when your gender and documentation don’t agree, or your gender presentation and your body clash, it can be not only difficult but emotionally damaging to interact with medical professionals. Sayer Johnson is a run-of-the-mill Midwestern transgender man trying to navigate b
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Oct 24, 20135 min read


Girl Rising
<p>October 11 was the International Day of the Girl Child. I have to admit that I wasn’t very aware of it until one of the mailing lists to which I subscribe sent me a reminder, along with details of a … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2013/10/girl-rising/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Oct 21, 20133 min read


Just One of the Ways Austerity Can Kill
<p>8 Food Risks Going Unmonitored During the Shutdown Of course, the shutdown isn’t just austerity, but it’s part of the overall package. Now that there is good support for the position that austerity fails to achieve the benefits predicated of … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2013/10/just-one-of-the-ways-austerity-can-kill/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Oct 16, 20131 min read


Reproductive Tourism in India: Is Surrogacy Ethical?
<p>Originally posted on the The Doctor’s Tablet The use of gestational surrogates in India is a booming business, but is it ethical? This growing practice involves individuals and couples from countries in Western Europe, North America, Israel, Japan and elsewhere … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2013/10/reproductive-tourism-in-india-is-surrogacy-ethical/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Oct 10, 20133 min read


“Your Half-Eaten Sandwich’s Dirty Secret”
<p>From Mother Jones: “A full third of the world’s food is wasted. According to a new report from the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization, discarded food accounts for a staggering amount of planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions. In fact, if food … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2013/10/your-half-eaten-sandwichs-dirty-secret/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Oct 3, 20131 min read


Breaking Bioethics
<p>(Warning for those who have not yet seen Breaking Bad’s conclusion: this contains SPOILERS!) Now that Breaking Bad has reached its tragic end, we can focus with more perspective on some of the aspects of the show that have been … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2013/10/breaking-bioethics/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Sep 30, 20134 min read


Philosophy of Nursing
<p>I recently attended the International Philosophy of Nursing Conference, which is associated with the International Philosophy of Nursing Society (IPONS). It was my first time at the conference and I was very impressed by the quality of the papers ED … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2013/09/philosophy-of-nursing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Sep 25, 20131 min read


“Penn State Administrators Target Women Employees”
<p>“Penn State Administrators Target Women Employees” From the Centre Daily Times: “Under Penn State’s new employee wellness program, a health risk assessment questionnaire asks female employees if they plan to get pregnant in the next year. If the employee doesn’t want … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2013/09/penn-state-administrators-target-women-employees/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Sep 20, 20131 min read


Private Imaging in Alberta
<p>Canada’s single-payer health system is the <a href="http://www.pnhp.org/facts/single-payer-faq">envy of some Americans</a>. Under Canadian Medicare, every province runs a single public health insurance plan with very low administrative overhead: in this sense, the system is efficient. It is also a natural fit for the goal of health equity: everyone is in the same plan; everyone has the same benefits.</p>
<p>A single-payer system is no panacea, however. Much rides on what t
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Sep 17, 20137 min read


To Re/Member
<p>In this NPR blog, Barbara J. King reflects upon potential extensions of Susumu Tonegawa et al’s recent experiment in creating a fear-based memory in mice. While the ability to physically alter memory could have benefits (e.g. healing PTSD), King raises … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2013/09/to-remember/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Sep 11, 20132 min read


“TX women bring abortion fight to world of video games”
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Sep 10, 20131 min read


The Cost of Blocking Imperfect Solutions: State-based Obstacles to Implementing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA, AKA Obamacare)
<p>Sandhya Somashekhar’s recent article in <i>The Washington Post</i>, “<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/states-find-new-ways-to-resist-health-law/2013/08/28/c63f8498-0a93-11e3-8974-f97ab3b3c677_story.html">States find new ways to resist health law</a>”, provides a nice overview of some of the ways that states are throwing up obstacles to effective implementation of the <a href="http://kff.org/health-reform/fact-sheet/summary-of-new-health-reform
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Sep 5, 20136 min read


“New Video Game Challenges Users To Navigate Texas’ Harsh Abortion Restrictions”
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