In case you missed it, in June of 2019, Nature covered efforts by the multinational African Academy of Sciences (AAS), founded in 1985, to develop ethical guidelines on handling data. Their goal: to make sure that Africans benefit from research … Continue reading
A recent article has brought attention to a troubling policy in Poland surrounding the use of surplus frozen embryos left over from in-vitro fertilization treatment (IVF). IVF requires fertilization of an egg outside of the womb, and embryos not used … Continue reading
So far in 2019, a measles outbreak in the DR of Congo has killed nearly 5,000 people. A September vaccination initiative by the Congolese government vaccinated an additional 800,000 people. In Samoa, 15 people have died and the government has … Continue reading
The Trump administration plans to limit the scientific and medical research that government agencies use when formulating public health policies, amidst protests from both scientists and physicians that this policy will undermine current scientific foundations for government legislation. A new … Continue reading
EDITOR’S NOTE: This Guest Blog comes to us from bioethicists Dr. Nathan Emmerich and Dr. Alexis Paton in response to a flurry of discussion over Sarah Franklin’s inquiry into bioethics in a recent issue of Nature. Alexis Paton is a … Continue reading
THE DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION to the Feminist Approaches to Bioethics Congress (and the World Congress of Bioethics) HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11th, 11:59pm EST! For details on formatting your abstract for FAB Congress, go to: https://iab2020.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/FAB_2020_CFP_August_2019_revised.pdf Today, … Continue reading
I am very grateful to have recently taken on the role of Book Review Editor for the International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics. In this role, I will be frequently soliciting both books and reviewers for the journal and … Continue reading
A couple of days ago the BBC’s online magazine on disability, Ouch!, published an article about the phenomenon of unwanted touching by nondisabled people that is endured by many people with disabilities. The prompt for the article was the report … Continue reading
EDITOR’S NOTE: Sometimes contributors to IJFAB Blog find themselves having an informal conversation in person or on social media about a news event. When these conversations might shed light on otherwise-overlooked issues, a blog entry featuring some of the ideas … Continue reading
The Trump administration has been open about their family planning priorities, as evidenced in this 2018 blog post. The administration is pushing abstinence and “natural family planning” methods over safe, more effective contraceptives, emphasizing privately held religious values in public … Continue reading
In positive bioethics news, a UN report has found that more women and children survive today than at any other point in history. Since 2000, child deaths have been reduced by nearly half and maternal deaths by over one-third. This … Continue reading
The International Network on Feminist Approaches to Bioethics (FAB) is pleased to invite proposals for panels and papers for presentation at the 2020 World Congress (FAB 2020). A street in Philadelphia is lined with flags from nations around the world. … Continue reading
