2024 is kicking off with… a lot of proposed anti-trans legislation and policies. Aspects of anti-trans sentiment and action can feel very particular to local, regional, or national politics and attitudes. Yet the fact of anti-trans legislation and regulation is … Continue reading
UPDATE: A number of advocacy groups have sued to prevent the rule from going into effect, including the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) and Southampton Community Healthcare in St. Louis. The petition says “The Rule targets gender-affirming care with unprecedented … Continue reading
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. Freeman is Associate Professor of Philosophy … Continue reading
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 “Bathroom Bioethics” should mean. What do many transgender persons, farmworkers, … Continue reading
Editor’s Note: Anna K. Swartz works on neuroethics and mental illness. Here, she reflects on the conceptual and ethical pitfalls of attempting to use brain scans to determine whether children who report being trans are “really” trans. In late May … Continue reading
I have long been concerned with how our nosologies–the way in which we classify diseases, and decide which human conditions count as diseases–exemplify a mix of science and social values. In my work, I’ve touched on this with obesity, and … Continue reading
Let me start by echoing Talia Mae Bettcher that transgender women are women and transgender men are men (Bettcher, 2013). The definition of “woman” includes all those individuals who identify as a woman and the definition “man” includes all those … Continue reading
Editor’s Note: From time to time, IJFAB Blog features content that isn’t directly about bioethics but is most assuredly about feminism and gender. This helps us to get our own frameworks clear, whether because we agree with the author or are … Continue reading
As you may know, Medicaid is the US government health care safety net program for low-income Americans. While both the federal government and each state government contribute funds, the states make the decisions on allocation of those funds. Some states … Continue reading
Editor’s Note: This blog comes to us from Sayer Johnson, who blogged for IJFAB Blog in the past on the issue of how clinicians respond to trans patients. Here, Mr. Johnson reaches a frustrated breaking point with the way that … Continue reading
Four years ago, nearly to the day, IJFAB Blog contributor Alison Reiheld wrote on the repeal of Swedish laws that had required transgender person to be sterile (or become sterile) AND to have surgical sex reassignment in order to change … Continue reading
EDITOR’S NOTE: See this December 2017 blog entry for the IJFAB Editorial position on pronouns. In light of recent controversies in philosophy surrounding how philosophers ought best to write about vulnerable social identities–whether gender or race–I’ve been thinking about some … Continue reading
