Category Mental Health
Banning of Gender-Affirming Care for Minors in Tennessee
Shyanne Dougherty analyzes the poor justification and harmful impact of the new law against gender-affirming care in Tennessee.
Turning Human Rights Upside Down with Advance Requests for MAID
Trudo Lemmens shows how proposals to expand advance requests for medical assistance in dying (MAID) ignore the Supreme Court’s restraint reflected in the Carter decision and reverse constitutional and human rights norms.
In a Nutshell: Correcting the record about medical assistance in dying
Jocelyn Downie clarifies what the Supreme Court of Canada’s Carter decision actually says (and doesn’t say) about advance requests for MAiD and MAiD for psychiatric illness.
Moral Superiority Doesn’t Help Protect Trans Kids
Lara Millman argues that preserving narratives of Canadian moral superiority and the comfort of privileged people inevitably harm our social justice pursuits.
Dignity and Adolescents’ Autonomy
Julien Brisson argues for an autonomy-based deontological approach to the topic of adolescent access to sexual and reproductive health services.
Impact Ethics 