<p>A new study from Oxford University finds that the slightly elevated risk of breast cancer due to use of hormonal birth control pills extends across all forms of hormonal birth control. While earlier findings showing a similar increased risk were &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2023/03/new-study-on-hormonal-birth-control-risks/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div style="padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;" cl

<p>On Monday, April 3rd at 12pm Pacific/3pm Eastern (find your local time zone here) the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH) affinity group on Feminist Approaches to Bioethics is hosting a virtual works-in-progress session for scholars to get feedback &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2023/03/feminist-approaches-to-bioethics-works-in-progress-session/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div style="paddi

<p>This month, on FAB Gab, Karen Davis speaks about her paper in the new Spring 2023 issue of IJFAB, which is about women&#8217;s experiences of pain and how dialogue with sympathetic others can break isolation. Karen&#8217;s work stems from her &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2023/03/fab-gab-episode-30-karen-davis-on-womens-pain-and-breaking-through-isolation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div style="padding-bo

<p>This is how Zahra Nader a freelance journalist describes Afghanistan under current Taliban rule to Amy Goodman on Democracy Now this week. In a week that saw many protests across the world tied to International Women&#8217;s Day, a small group &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2023/03/effectively-the-biggest-prison-in-the-world/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div style="padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;" cl

<p>Just passing on this announcement relevant to folks working in feminist bioethics: The Canada Research Chair on Epistemic Injustice and Agency is pleased to host an online workshop on Epistemic Injustice and Agency in Psychiatry and Mental Health, on 10 &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2023/02/online-workshop-on-epistemic-injustice-in-psychiatry-and-mental-health/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div style="paddi

<p>The latest episode of FAB Gab is out now, and this time, Prof. Maya Goldenberg discusses her &#8216;author meets critics&#8217; feature in the last issue of IJFAB. Goldenberg and two critics, Miriam Solomon and Inmaculada de Melo-Martin, discussed Goldenberg&#8217;s recent &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2023/02/fab-gab-episode-29-maya-goldenberg-on-vaccine-hesitancy-pre-and-mid-pandemic/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span>

<p>Hi, folks. IJFAB Blog Editors, here, with a quick roundup of links about the health and ethical issues that arise in the wake of any natural disaster, and specifically last week&#8217;s earthquake affecting Syria and Turkey. The death toll is &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2023/02/urgent-care-and-systemic-damage-health-issues-in-the-wake-of-the-earthquake-affecting-syria-and-turkey/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a><

<p>It&#8217;s the first FAB Gab episode of 2023, and we&#8217;re hitting the ground running and talking about shame. In this episode, Michelle Meagher and Kiera Keglowitsch discuss their paper that explores the idea of cesarean shame shame &#8211; that is, &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2023/01/fab-gab-episode-28-feeling-ashamed-about-c-section-shame-with-michelle-meagher-and-kiera-keglowitsch/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</s

<p>The latest episode of FAB Gab, and the last for 2022, is now out! In this episode, Megan Dean discusses her recent paper on the temporality of eating, and how understanding time impacts how we understand food and our own &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2022/12/fab-gab-episode-27-clock-time-or-stomach-time-megan-dean-on-the-temporality-of-eating/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div style="padding-bottom:20px; pa

<p>The latest episode of FAB Gab is out now! In this episode, Floor Cuijpers and Petra Verdonk present their work on the ways in which different kinds of marginalisation intersect to influence self-silencing behaviours among clinical trial participants. The trial &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2022/11/fab-gab-episode-26-floor-cuijpers-and-petra-verdonk-on-an-intersectional-analysis-of-self-silencing-in-clinical-trials/">Continue reading <span c

<p>The latest episode of FAB Gab is out now! In this episode, Claire Moore discusses her recent paper, which puts Sen&#8217;s capabilities approach to use in addressing conscientious objection to providing emergency contraception in the U.S. Claire&#8217;s approach takes reproductive &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2022/10/fab-gab-episode-25-claire-moore-on-capabilities-and-conscientious-objection/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;

<p>The latest episode of FAB Gab is out now! This time, Serene Ong of the National University of Singapore discusses definitions of the family, and how we need a broader account than just a biological model to capture the complexity &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2022/09/fab-gab-episode-24-serene-ong-on-a-pluralistic-account-of-the-family/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div style="padding-bottom:20px; padding-to

<p>The latest episode of FAB Gab is out, and in this episode, Keisha Ray discusses her plenary address from FAB Congress in Basel, in July 2022. Here&#8217;s an excerpt from the conversation: &#8220;We&#8217;re seeing a lot of bioethicists saying bioethics &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2022/08/fab-gab-episode-23-keisha-ray-on-black-bioethics-and-the-future-of-health-equity/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div st

<p>IJFAB welcomes submissions of papers based on presentations given at the 2022 FAB conference in Basel. We look forward to receiving any of the following: (i) full articles of around 8000 words; (ii) shorter articles (3000-4000 words) that may not &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2022/08/ijfabs-publication-of-fab-2022-conference-papers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div style="padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:1

<p>The latest episode of FAB Gab is out now, and in this episode, Jeanne Proust discusses her recent co-authored paper focussed on the uterus, as a concept and as a complex organ. The paper arises from the context of the &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2022/07/fab-gab-episode-22-jeanne-proust-asks-what-is-a-uterus-and-what-do-we-want-it-to-be/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div style="padding-bottom:20px; padding

<p>The latest episode of FAB Gab is now live! This time, Katharine Wolfe speaks about her recent paper, which seeks to rescue &#8216;speciesism&#8217; from the ablism of certain interpretations of the term. Wolfe&#8217;s paper looks back on an exchange between &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2022/06/fab-gab-episode-21-katharine-wolfe-on-speciesism-ablism-and-the-real-debate-about-moral-status/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</spa

<p>The latest episode of FAB Gab is now out, and in this episode, Anna Nelson discusses partial ectogenesis as a mode of delivery for pregnant people. In her paper, recently published in IJFAB, Anna argues that partial ectogenesis should be &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2022/05/fab-gab-episode-20-anna-nelson-on-ectogenesis-by-request/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div style="padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10

<p>Dear Feminist Approaches to Bioethics Affinity Group Members, Please save the date for an upcoming workshop on publishing feminist work in bioethics journals which FAB is hosting via Zoom on Friday June 3rd at noon pacific (Los Angeles)/3pm eastern (New York). The workshop will feature:  Anna &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2022/04/learn-more-about-english-language-publishing-in-feminist-bioethics/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&ra

<p>The new episode of FAB Gab is out now, featuring the first paper from the latest volume of IJFAB. In this episode, Jemma Rollo discusses her proposal for a relational ethics of pregnancy that might take account of feminist commitments &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2022/04/fab-gab-episode-19-jemma-rollo-on-a-relational-ethics-of-pregnancy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div style="padding-bottom:20px; padding

<p>The latest episode of FAB Gab is out now! In this episode, Ylva Gustafsson discusses her critiques of the neurological approach to empathy. Gustafsson emphasises the dialogical and embodied nature of empathy, and presents examples from dementia care as cases &hellip; <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2022/03/fab-gab-episode-18-ylva-gustafsson-on-empathy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p> <div style="padding-bottom:20px; padd