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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

The NY Declaration on Animal Consciousness: New or Very Old News?

Andrew Fenton examines the New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness with an eye to a previous declaration and some current animal law and policies concerning scientific animal use.

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.

MAiD in Canada: A Sober Second Look

Daryl Pullman announces an international symposium examining Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) in Canada to be hosted by the Memorial University Centre for Bioethics.

Bioethics Leaders Should Demand a Permanent Ceasefire in Gaza

Cara Hunt, Ayden Eilmus, and Basel Tarab call for bioethicists to advocate for a permanent ceasefire and protection of medical facilities and personnel in Gaza.