Category women

Reproductive Responsibility and the Climate Crisis

Daniel Lucas draws attention to ethical implications of climate change for reproduction.

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.

The Implications of Revising the Terminology of Pregnancy Loss

Belinda Alievska warns of the unintended consequences of changing pregnancy loss terminology, highlighting the potential for such shifts to influence reproductive justice debates and intensify emotional burdens.

Resisting “equity lite” in health care, public health, and bioethics

Maxwell J. Smith details our inconsistent commitment to equity during the COVID-19 pandemic and argues that those willing to declare commitments to equity must be held accountable for acting in accordance with that which equity demands.

Rural Newfoundland Needs Better Abortion Access

Janelle Skeard shows why it is necessary to improve abortion access in Newfoundland’s “Bible Belt”.