Category Social Justice

Pathogens of Pandemic Potential: Decision-Making by Consensus

Françoise Baylis outlines principles for consensus building on research with pandemic risks.

What Does Bioethics Offer Biotech?

Palmer Montalbano recommends biotech companies integrate ethics into their processes at an early stage to produce better long-term outcomes for both society and business.

Adolescent Consent: Culturally Relative or Universal?

Julien Brisson supports removing age-based restrictions on adolescent healthcare consent, advocating for decisions to be made on the adolescent’s capacity to understand the treatment.

Banning Gender-Affirming Care, Medical Fascism, & the Role of Bioethics

Florence Ashley connects conservative attacks against gender-affirming care to wider fascist movements determined to eliminate marginalized groups

Vaccines Treating Cancer: Would Anti-Vaxxers Change their Minds?

Chris Kaposy wonders about the impact of mRNA vaccines that treat cancer on the anti-vaccine movement.