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The podcast of the International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics! IJFAB is the leading forum in bioethics for feminist thought and debate. IJFAB welcomes feminist scholarship from any discipline on ethical issues related to health, health care, and the biomedical sciences, or to the social, economic, and environmental determinants of health. All submissions are subject to anonymous peer review. Since open access to scholarly research offers significant educational and social benefits, IJFAB supports “green” open access.

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    • Apr 8, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    Episode 5: Richard Matthews

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2025 24:09


    This week, we're talking to Dr. Richard Matthews about his paper, "The Moral Asymmetry of Conscientious Provision and Conscientious Refusal, Insights from Oppression and Allyship,"which is available in Volume 17, Issue 1.Listeners may also be interested in the following paper, given the discussion of mandated transvaginal ultrasounds in abortion bills:Green, K. A. (2013). Humiliation, degradation, penetration: What legislatively required pre-abortion transvaginal ultrasounds and rape have in common. J. Crim. L. & Criminology, 103, 1171.Transcript available here, many thanks to Hannah Carpenter for her work on this.

    Episode 4: Zoe Tongue

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2025 19:19


    After a bit of a hiatus, we're back and will be publishing an episode monthly. In this episode, hosts Emma Tumilty and Danica Davies talk with Zoe Tongue about her paper, "Locating Abortion and Contraception on the Obstetric Violence Continuum" appearing in Volume 17, Issue 1 of the International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics. We'd like to also thank Hannah Carpenter, PhD candidate in the Department of Bioethics and Health Humanities at the University of Texas Medical Branch for her support in correcting the transcript.

    FABGab 2024 - Episode 3: Dirk LaFaut

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2024 16:23


    In this episode, hosts Emma Tumilty and Danica Davies talk with Dirk LaFaut about his paper with co-author Gily Coene "Autonomy Without Borders? Understanding the Impact of Undocumented Residence Status on Healthcare Relationships in Belgium" appearing in Volume 16, Issue 2 of the International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics. We (Emma and Danica) have recently taken over the podcast and have some sound quality issues in the first three episodes but these resolve over time. Bear with us! We'd like to also thank Johanna Wellesley, PhD candidate in the Department of Bioethics and Health Humanities at the University of Texas Medical Branch for her support in correcting the transcript.

    FABGab 2024 Episode 2 - Prof Wendy Rogers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2024 21:59


    In this episode, new hosts Emma Tumilty and Danica Davies talk with Wendy Rogers about her paper with co-author Jacqueline Dalziell "What Feminist Bioethics can bring to Synthetic Biology" appearing in Volume 16, Issue 2 of the International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics. We (Emma and Danica) have newly taken over the podcast and have some sound quality issues in the first three episodes but these resolve over time. Bear with us! We'd like to also thank Johanna Wellesley, PhD candidate in the Department of Bioethics and Health Humanities at the University of Texas Medical Branch for her support in correcting the transcript. You can view the transcript here

    FABGab 2024 - Episode 1: Assoc. Prof. Vicki Toscano

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2024 20:40


    In this episode, new hosts Emma Tumilty and Danica Davies talk with Vicki Toscano about her paper "The Responsibility Objection to Thomson Re-imagined: What If Men Were Held to a Parallel Standard?" appearing in Volume 16, Issue 2 of the International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics. We (Emma and Danica) have newly taken over the podcast and have some sound quality issues in the first three episodes but these resolve over time. Bear with us! We'd like to also thank Johanna Wellesley, PhD candidate in the Department of Bioethics and Health Humanities at the University of Texas Medical Branch for her support in correcting the transcript. You can view the transcript here: https://tinyurl.com/FabGabEp1-Transcript

    FAB Gab Mini-sode! Handing over the reins.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2023 13:05


    Hosted and produced by Kathryn MacKay Guest: Emma Tumilty - the New Host! Transcript: provided by Otter.ai Music: The City Sleeps by Death by Ginger

    FAB Gab Episode 36: Shehani Jayawickrama⁠ & ⁠Georgia Loutrianakis⁠ on Female Elite Athlete's Reproductive Health

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2023 23:06


    Hosted and produced by Kathryn MacKay Guests: Shehani Jayawickrama⁠ & ⁠Georgia Loutrianakis⁠, University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas Paper: 'Air Ball:Missing the Net on Female Elite Athletes' Reproductive Health', IJFAB 16: 1, Spring 2023, pp 21-33. Transcript: provided by Otter.ai Music: The City Sleeps by Death by Ginger

    FAB Gab Episode 35: Corinne Berzon and Sara Cohen Shabot on obstetric violence and vulnerability

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2023 32:41


    Hosted and produced by Kathryn MacKay Guest: Corinne Berzon, Bar Ilan University, and Sara Cohen Shabot, University of Haifa Paper: 'Obstetric Violence and Vulnerability: A Bioethical Approach,' IJFAB: International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics 16:1, Spring 2023, pp. 52-76 Transcript: provided by Otter.ai Music: The City Sleeps by Death by Ginger

    FAB Gab Episode 34: Daniel Groll's author meets critic symposium on 'Conceiving People'

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2023 29:13


    Hosted and produced by Kathryn MacKay Guest: Daniel Groll, Carleton College Book: 'Conceiving People: Genetic Knowledge and the Ethics of Sperm and Egg Donation' at OUP Symposium papers can be accessed through IJFAB. Transcript: provided by Otter.ai Music: The City Sleeps by Death by Ginger

    FAB Gab Episode 33: Stephanie Tillman on unconsented pelvic exams under anaesthesia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2023 34:11


    Hosted and produced by Kathryn MacKay Guest: Stephanie Tillman Paper: Presumed Consent for Pelvic Exams Under Anesthesia Is Medical Sexual Assault Transcript: provided by Otter.ai Music: The City Sleeps by Death by Ginger

    FAB Gab Episode 32: Michael Montess on creating the conditions of trust within relationships for using PrEP as HIV prevention

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2023 30:37


    Hosted and produced by Kathryn MacKay Guest: Michael Montess, Western University Paper: Creating the Conditions for Trust Around PrEP as HIV Prevention: The Relationships of MSM with Sexual and Romantic Partners and Healthcare Providers Transcript: provided by Otter.ai Music: The City Sleeps by Death by Ginger

    FAB Gab Episode 31: Jane Dryden on the Gut Microbiome and the Imperative of Normalcy

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2023 33:07


    Hosted and produced by Kathryn MacKay Guest: Jane Dryden, Mount Allison University Paper: the Gut Microbiome and the Imperative of Normalcy Transcript: provided by Otter.ai Music: The City Sleeps by Death by Ginger

    FAB Gab Episode 30: Karen Davis on Interpreting Pain and Women's Dialogical Self-Understanding

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2023 25:17


    Hosted and produced by Kathryn MacKay Guest: Karen Davis, Lewis University Paper: 'Interpreting Pain: On Women's Embodiment and Dialogic Self-Understanding,' IJFAB 16:1, 2023 Transcript: provided by Otter.ai Music: The City Sleeps by Death by Ginger

    FAB Gab Episode 29: Maya Goldenberg on Vaccine Hesitancy, pre- and mid-pandemic

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2023 33:54


    Hosted and produced by Kathryn MacKay Guest: Maya Goldenberg, University of Guelph Paper: 'Author Meets Critics: an introduction' plus commentaries Transcript: provided by Otter.ai Music: The City Sleeps by Death by Ginger

    FAB Gab Episode 28: Michelle Meagher and Kiera Keglowitsch on births that are not good, and the shame women feel about shame

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2023 26:27


    Hosted and produced by Kathryn MacKay Guests: Michelle Meagher and Kiera Keglowitsch, University of Alberta Paper: Making Room for Births That Are Not Good: Lessons from Cesarean Shame Shame. IJFAB: International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics 15:2, 22-39 Transcript: provided by Otter.ai Music: The City Sleeps by Death by Ginger

    FAB Gab Episode 27: Megan Dean on Clock Time, Stomach Time, and the Ethics of Eating

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2022 28:23


    Hosted and produced by Kathryn MacKay Guest: Megan Dean, Michigan State University Paper: "Time to Eat: The Importance of Temporality for Food Ethics." IJFAB: International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, vol. 15 no. 2, 2022, p. 76-98. Transcript: provided by Otter.ai Music: The City Sleeps by Death by Ginger

    FAB Gab Episode 26: Floor Cuijpers and Petra Verdonk on an intersectional analysis of self-silencing in clinical trials

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2022 26:48


    Hosted and produced by Kathryn MacKay Guest: Floor Cuijpers and Petra Verdonk Paper: Floor Cuijpers, Maaike Muntinga, Minne Bakker, Gönül Dilaver, Mariëtte van den Hoven and Petra Verdonk,“Who Am I to Judge These Things”: Intersectional Dimensions of Self-Silencing of People with a Neuromuscular Disease in a Clinical Trial,' IJFAB 15:2. Transcript: provided by Otter.ai Music: The City Sleeps by Death by Ginger

    FAB Gab Episode 25: Claire Moore on a capabilities approach to conscientious objection

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2022 24:36


    Hosted and produced by Kathryn MacKay Guest: Claire Moore Paper: Objection or Obstacle: Applying Amartya Sen's Capability Approach to the Conscientious Refusal of Emergency Contraception Transcript: provided by Otter.ai Music: The City Sleeps by Death by Ginger

    FAB Gab Episode 24: Serene Ong on definitions of the family

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2022 23:49


    Hosted and produced by Kathryn MacKay Guest: Serene Ong, National University of Singapore Paper: 'Who Counts as Family: A Pluralistic Account of Family in the Genetic Context' Transcript: provided by Otter.ai Music: The City Sleeps by Death by Ginger

    FAB Gab Episode 23: Keisha Ray on Black Bioethics

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2022 21:21


    Hosted and produced by Kathryn MacKay Guest: Keisha Ray, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas at Houston Presentation: Black Bioethics and the Future of Health Equity Transcript: provided by Otter.ai Music: The City Sleeps by Death by Ginger

    FAB Gab Episode 22: Containers, parts, or something else? Jeanne Proust discusses the multi-layered concept of the uterus

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2022 26:00


    Hosted and produced by Kathryn MacKay Guest: Jeanne Proust Paper: "Women and Their Uteruses: Symbolic Vessels for Prejudiced Expectations," Paola Nicolas, Jeanne Proust, Margaret M. Fabiszak 15(1), pp. 49–70 Transcript: provided by Otter.ai Music: The City Sleeps by Death by Ginger

    FAB Gab Episode 21: Katharine Wolfe on 'speciesism', ablism, and moral status of humans and animals

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2022 28:23


    Hosted and produced by Kathryn MacKay Guest: Katharine Wolfe Paper: "What's Wrong with “Speciesism?”: Toward an Anti-Ableist Reimagining of an Abused Term" Transcript: provided by Otter.ai Music: The City Sleeps by Death by Ginger

    Episode 20: Anna Nelson on Partial Ectogenesis by Request

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2022 20:46


    Hosted and produced by Kathryn MacKay Guest: Anna Nelson Paper: 'Should Delivery by Partial Ectogenesis Be Available on Request of the Pregnant Person?' IJFAB 15(1), Spring 2022, pp. 1-26. Transcript: provided by Otter.ai Music: The City Sleeps by Death by Ginger

    Episode 19: Jemma Rollo on a Relational Ethics of Pregnancy

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2022 20:47


    Hosted and produced by Kathryn MacKay Guest: Jemma Rollo Paper: A Relational Ethics of Pregnancy Transcript: provided by Otter.ai Music: The City Sleeps by Death by Ginger

    Episode 18: Ylva Gustafsson takes a critical approach to neurological accounts of empathy

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2022 27:49


    Hosted and produced by Kathryn MacKay Guest: Ylva Gustafsson Paper: A critical analysis of neurological theories on empathy in healthcare. Transcript: provided by Otter.ai Music: The City Sleeps by Death by Ginger

    FAB Gab Episode 17: Lida Sarafraz on missing females in cardiovascular research

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2022 22:50


    Host: Kathryn MacKay Guest: Lida Sarafraz, University of Utah Paper: Understanding and Correcting Sex Disparity in Cardiovascular Disease Research: Ethical and Practical Solutions Transcript: provided by Otter.ai Music: The City Sleeps by Death by Ginger

    FAB Gab Episode 16: Laura Cupples on a Disability Framework for Health Policy Research

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2022 28:21


    Host: Kate MacKay Producer: Madeline Goldberger Guest: Laura Cupples from the University of Tennessee Transcript: Provided by Otter.ai Project: Cupples, L. (2021). Knowing with the Disability Community: Building a Disability Standpoint for Health Policy Research. International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, 14(2), 36–60. https://doi.org/10.3138/ijfab-14.2.03 Music: 'The City Sleeps' by Death By Ginger

    FAB Gab Episode 15: Eva De Clercq on Young Adults with Variations of Sex Characteristics

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2021 31:49


    Host: Kathryn MacKay Producer: Madeline Goldberger Guest: Eva De Clercq from the Institute of Biomedical Ethics at the University of Basel Transcript: Provided by Otter.ai Project: De Clercq. (2021). A Tsunami of Love: Overcoming the Violence of Curiosity—The Lived Experiences of Young Adults Born with Variations of Sex Characteristics. International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, 14(2), 11–35. https://doi.org/10.3138/ijfab-14.2.02 Music: 'The City Sleeps' by Death By Ginger

    FAB Gab Episode 14: Hilde Lindemann on Language Suburbs

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2021 14:27


    Host: Kate MacKay Producer: Madeline Goldberger Guest: Hilde Lindemann, Professor of Philosophy Emerita at Michigan State University Transcript: Provided by Otter.ai Project: Lindemann, H. (2021). FAB 2020 Plenary Lecture Stories That Free Us. International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, 14(2), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.3138/ijfab-14.2.01 Music: 'The City Sleeps' by Death By Ginger

    FAB Gab Episode 13: Amy Reed-Sandoval on Abortion Bans and Pandemic Ethics

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2021 20:23


    Host: Kate MacKay Producer: Madeline Goldberger Guest: Amy Reed-Sandoval from University of Nevada, Las Vegas Transcript: Provided by Otter.ai Project: Reed-Sandoval, A. (2021). Revisiting Relational Pandemic Ethics in Light of the COVID-19 Abortion Bans in the United States. International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, 14(1), 141–156. https://doi.org/10.3138/ijfab-14.1.07 Music: 'The City Sleeps' by Death By Ginger

    FAB Gab Episode 12: Jill Drouillard on Pregnancy and Creating a Gender-Inclusive Reproductive Ethics

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2021 17:52


    Host: Kate MacKay Producer: Madeline Goldberger Guest: Jill Drouillard Transcript: Provided by Otter.ai Project: Drouillard, J. (2021). The King Was Pregnant: Reproductive Ethics and Transgender Pregnancy. International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, 14(1), 120–140. https://doi.org/10.3138/ijfab-14.1.06 Music: 'The City Sleeps' by Death By Ginger

    FAB Gab Episode 11: Maria Howard on Rational Suicide

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2021 25:41


    Host: Kate MacKay Producer: Madeline Goldberger Guest: Maria Howard Paper: ‘Countering the Rational Suicide Story'. IJFAB Volume 14 Issue 1, Spring 2021, pp. 73-102. https://doi.org/10.3138/ijfab-14.1.04 Transcript: provided by Otter.ai Music: The City Sleeps by Death by Ginger Trigger warning for all listeners - suicide.

    FAB Gab Episode 10: Kate Mason on Early Motherhood Bioethics

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2021 22:58


    Host: Kate MacKay Producer: Madeline Goldberger Guest: Kate Mason Transcript: Provided by Otter.ai Project: Mason, K. A. (2021). Postpartum Maternal Tethering: A Bioethics of Early Motherhood. International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, 14(1), 49–72. https://doi.org/10.3138/ijfab-14.1.03 Music: 'The City Sleeps' by Death By Ginger

    FAB Gab Episode 9: Mercer Gary on Care Robots and the Mechanisation of Health Care

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2021 18:21


    Host: Kate MacKay Producer: Madeline Goldberger Guest: Mercer Gary Transcript: Provided by Otter.ai Project: Gary, M. E. (2021). Care Robots, Crises of Capitalism, and the Limits of Human Caring. International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, 14(1), 19–48. https://doi.org/10.3138/ijfab-2020-07-28 Music: 'The City Sleeps' by Death By Ginger

    FAB Gab Episode 8: Nora Hämäläinen on a Higher Level of Reflection on the Bioethical Process

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2021 22:36


    FAB Gab Pod Episode #8: Nora Hämäläinen on a Higher Level of Reflection on the Bioethical Process Host: Kate MacKay Producer: Madeline Goldberger Guest: Nora Hämäläinen Transcript: Provided by Otter.ai Project: Hämäläinen, N. (2021). Contextuality, Bioethics, and the Nature of Philosophy: Reflections on Murdoch, Diamond, Walker, and the Groningen Approach. International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, 14(1), 103–119. https://doi.org/10.3138/ijfab-14.1.05 Music: 'The City Sleeps' by Death By Ginger

    FAB Gab Episode 7: Susan Stark on the Intersection of Gender and Race

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2021 26:17


    Host: Kate MacKay Producer: Madeline Goldberger Guest: Susan Stark Transcript: Provided by Otter.ai Project: Stark, S., 'Home Birth and the Maternity Outcomes Emergency: Attending to Race and Gender in Childbirth.' International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, Volume 14 Issue 1, Spring 2021, pp. 2-18. https://doi.org/10.3138/ijfab-14.1.01 Music: 'The City Sleeps' by Death By Ginger

    FAB Gab Episode 6: IJFAB Editors on the Journal

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2021 36:00


    Host: Kate MacKay Producer: Madeline Goldberger Guest: IJFAB editors - Robyn Bluhm, Jackie Leach Scully, and Anna Gotlib Show Notes Links: IJFAB Journal, IJFAB Blog, FAB Network Transcript: provided by Otter.ai Music: The City Sleeps by Death by Ginger

    FAB Gab Episode 5: Karey Harwood on New Eugenics and Procreative Liberty

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2021 24:08


    Host: Kate MacKay Guest: Karey Harwood Paper: 'Which “New Eugenics”? Expanding Access to ART, Respecting Procreative Liberty, and Protecting the Moral Equality of All Persons in an Era of Neoliberal Choice", IJFAB Volume 13 Issue 2, Fall 2020, pp. 148-173. Transcript: provided by Otter.ai Music: The City Sleeps by Death by Ginger

    FAB Gab Episode 4: Michael Doan and Ami Harbin on Relational Understandings of Public Health

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2021 27:05


    Host: Kate MacKay Guests: Michael Doan and Ami Harbin Paper: 'Public health and precarity,' IJFAB Volume 13 Issue 2, Fall 2020, pp. 108-130. Transcript: provided by Otter.ai Music: The City Sleeps by Death by Ginger

    FAB Gab Episode 3: Jennifer Bell on using Relational Autonomy to frame Qualitative Research

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2020 24:16


    Host: Kate MacKay Guest: Jennifer A. H. Bell Paper: J.A.H. Bell (2020), 'Relational Autonomy as a Theoretical Lens for Qualitative Health Research,' IJFAB: International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics 13:2 Transcript: provided by Descript Music: The City Sleeps by Death by Ginger

    FAB Gab Episode 2: Carolyn McLeod reflects on relational autonomy and the work of Sue Sherwin

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2020 19:05


    Host: Kate MacKay Guest: Carolyn McLeod Paper: Carolyn McLeod (2020) 'My Relational Autonomy and My Relationship with Susan Sherwin,' IJFAB: International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics 13:2, 9-11. Transcript: provided by Descript Music: The City Sleeps by Death by Ginger

    FAB Gab Episode 1: Special Issue on Sue Sherwin with Kirsten Borgerson and Letitia Meynell

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2020 21:20


    Host: Kate MacKay Guests: Kirsten Borgerson and Letitia Meynell Issue: Shaping a More Just Bioethics: A Celebration of the Work of Susan Sherwin Transcript: provided by Descript Music: The City Sleeps by Death by Ginger

    Welcome to FAB Gab

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2020 2:28


    Host: Kate MacKay Transcript: provided by Descript Music: The City Sleeps by Death by Ginger

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