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Looking at and Learning from SUPPORT’s Ethical Failures
<p style="text-align: left;" align="center">I suppose that we should always be wary when the facts about an ethical dispute seem clear cut. I say this because it strikes me that the vast majority of clinical medical ethical conflicts I have observed or read descriptions of tend to come down to misunderstanding or a lack of shared information. For this reason, my first inclination when coming across an emergent issue in bioethics is to try to determine a) which facts are in
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Jul 17, 20135 min read


Medical evidence gone to pot?
<p>In <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/marijuana-is-an-untested-drug-doctors-shouldnt-be-told-to-prescribe-it/article12700844/">an article in the Globe and Mail</a>, Anna Reid (President of the Canadian Medical Association) and Rocco Gerace (President of the Federation of Medical Regulatory Authorities of Canada) have argued against the recently released “Marijuana for Medical Purposes Regulations.” The Regulations are designed to treat marijuana “<a href="
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Jul 15, 20133 min read


The Ireland Abortion Debate
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Jul 14, 20131 min read


Texas Senate Vote Puts Bill Restricting Abortion Over Final Hurdle
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Jul 13, 20131 min read


Rape in the Fields
<p>There are approximately 600,000 women working in US agribusiness, many of whom are undocumented workers. While much has been written about the effect of global food on human health and much attention given to the obesity epidemic in the US, … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2013/07/rape-in-the-fields/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Jul 12, 20131 min read


“They all wanted it done”: Eugenics — Now Showing In A State Prison Near You!
<p>In 1924, Adolph Hitler wrote the following words: I have studied with great interest the laws of several American states concerning prevention of reproduction by people whose progeny would in all probability be of no value or injurious to the racial stock. … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2013/07/they-all-wanted-it-done-eugenics-now-showing-in-a-state-prison-near-you/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Jul 10, 20133 min read


Austerity Kills
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Jul 9, 20131 min read


Stress
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Jul 7, 20131 min read


The American Way of Birth: Higher Costs and Poorer Outcomes
<p>While dozens of states in the US continue to make efforts to undermine reproductive rights, less attention has been given to the high cost and relatively poor outcomes for childbirth in the US. This New York Times article details the … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2013/07/the-american-way-of-birth-higher-costs-and-poorer-outcomes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Jul 5, 20131 min read


Women, politics and feminism: we need to watch our backs
<p>The times are tough, both for women in politics, and regarding political decisions affecting women. Three recent events are particularly noteworthy. The first was the overthrow last week of the first female Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard. While I was scouring news sites for comment and analysis on that sorry affair, I noticed the extraordinary <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/30/wendy-davis-texas-renewed-abortion-bill">effort</a> of Texan senator
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Jul 3, 20134 min read


Dimitri Smirnov
<p>Canada has rejected the application for permanent residency of a Russian man who has been living and working in Canada since 2006. Dmitri Smirnov was born deaf and speaks American Sign Language, but was unable to demonstrate proficiency in either … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2013/06/dimitri-smirnov/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Jun 30, 20131 min read


LET HER SPEAK
<p>Tuesday night, Senator Wendy Davis, a very vocal supporting crowd at the Texas capitol, and very engaged online communities fought for women’s reproductive rights in Texas.</p>
<p>And won.</p>
<p>The issue, if you haven’t heard — and you may not have, as mainstream media ignored this yesterday (most hilariously on CNN, where the caloric value of blueberry muffins were discussed during the climax in the TX Senate) — the issue was Texas Senate Bill 5. This bill would make il
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Jun 28, 20134 min read


What role do gender and sex play in the provision of health care?
<p>The excellent Nursing Clio blog has an entry by Ashley Baggett called “The Battle of the Sexes in Health Care.” In the entry, Baggett critiques a NPR commentary on a recent scholarly article in The Lancet on gender and public … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2013/06/what-role-do-gender-and-sex-play-in-the-provision-of-health-care/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Jun 23, 20131 min read


Thoughts on Surveying the News
<p>I’ve been puzzled and concerned for a long time about the huge disparity in the US in the way the distinction between direct killing and actions that predictably lead to death is treated. For those who espouse a critically important distinction here, it is always wrong to end a pregnancy, just as it is always wrong to end a life in case of dreadful illness. For many this issue appears to eclipse all others.</p>
<p>Those whose alleged main moral concern appears to be preven
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Jun 21, 20132 min read


International Bioethics?
<p>There’s an interesting discussion at the Impact Ethics blog. In response to concerns raised by Carol Collier and Rachel Haliburton about the extent to which Canadian bioethics is shaped by the American model, Kirstin Borgerson argues that Canadian bioethics is … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2013/06/international-bioethics/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Jun 18, 20132 min read


Involuntary Treatment of the Mentally Ill
<p style="text-align: left" align="center">A <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/04/mental-health-crisis-mac-mcclelland-cousin-murder">recent story</a> in <i>Mother </i>Jones highlights the issue of the decrease in psychiatric beds nationwide, reductions in support for the severely mentally ill, and the terrible price paid by both the severely mentally ill and their families. Several times in the article McClelland refers to E. Fuller Torrey’s arguments that in
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Jun 13, 20136 min read


Being Vulnerable
<p>This article focuses on the positive aspects of being vulnerable. As the author points out, the state of vulnerability is taken as one that should be avoided; we do not think that being vulnerable can be a positive state. However, … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2013/06/being-vulnerable/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Jun 11, 20131 min read


EPA Dramatically Weakens Radiation Protection
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Jun 7, 20131 min read


Twelve O’Clock and All is Most Decidedly Not Well: UNICEF’s Report on Child Well-Being in Rich Nations
<p>UNICEF’s 2013 comparative report on child well-being in rich nations, AKA the <a href="http://www.unicef-irc.org/publications/pdf/rc11_eng.pdf">Innocenti Report Card 11</a> (see page two of the report for a handy visual summary of findings) deserves our consideration. The news is Not Good for children in some of the richest nations amongst the group: the U.S., for instance, ranks with a number of rather worse-off—by GDP—Baltic nations. Geography also is no clear indicato
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Jun 6, 20133 min read


HIV acquisition higher in young Ugandan women than in young men
<p>A recent study of HIV infection in Uganda revealed that young women are much more likely than young men to become infected with the AIDS virus. Although previous studies have documented the higher proportion of young women than young men … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2013/06/hiv-acquisition-higher-in-young-ugandan-women-than-in-young-men/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Jun 3, 20133 min read
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