
FAB Gab
By The Network on Feminist Approaches to Bioethics
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.
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.

FAB GabApr 08, 2025
00:00
24:09

Episode 5: Richard Matthews
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.
Apr 08, 202524:09

Episode 4: Zoe Tongue
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.
Apr 07, 202519:19

FABGab 2024 - Episode 3: Dirk LaFaut
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.
Jul 18, 202416:24

FABGab 2024 Episode 2 - Prof Wendy Rogers
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
Jun 07, 202421:60

FABGab 2024 - Episode 1: Assoc. Prof. Vicki Toscano
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
May 02, 202420:40

FAB Gab Mini-sode! Handing over the reins.
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
Nov 10, 202313:06

FAB Gab Episode 36: Shehani Jayawickrama & Georgia Loutrianakis on Female Elite Athlete's Reproductive Health
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
Sep 20, 202323:07

FAB Gab Episode 35: Corinne Berzon and Sara Cohen Shabot on obstetric violence and vulnerability
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
Aug 30, 202332:42

FAB Gab Episode 34: Daniel Groll's author meets critic symposium on 'Conceiving People'
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
Jul 19, 202329:14

FAB Gab Episode 33: Stephanie Tillman on unconsented pelvic exams under anaesthesia
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
Jun 21, 202334:11

FAB Gab Episode 32: Michael Montess on creating the conditions of trust within relationships for using PrEP as HIV prevention
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
May 17, 202330:38

FAB Gab Episode 31: Jane Dryden on the Gut Microbiome and the Imperative of Normalcy
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
Apr 26, 202333:08

FAB Gab Episode 30: Karen Davis on Interpreting Pain and Women's Dialogical Self-Understanding
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
Mar 22, 202325:17

FAB Gab Episode 29: Maya Goldenberg on Vaccine Hesitancy, pre- and mid-pandemic
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
Feb 15, 202333:55

FAB Gab Episode 28: Michelle Meagher and Kiera Keglowitsch on births that are not good, and the shame women feel about shame
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
Jan 18, 202326:27

FAB Gab Episode 27: Megan Dean on Clock Time, Stomach Time, and the Ethics of Eating
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
Dec 14, 202228:23

FAB Gab Episode 26: Floor Cuijpers and Petra Verdonk on an intersectional analysis of self-silencing in clinical trials
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
Nov 16, 202226:49

FAB Gab Episode 25: Claire Moore on a capabilities approach to conscientious objection
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
Oct 19, 202224:36

FAB Gab Episode 24: Serene Ong on definitions of the family
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
Sep 21, 202223:50

FAB Gab Episode 23: Keisha Ray on Black Bioethics
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
Aug 17, 202221:21

FAB Gab Episode 22: Containers, parts, or something else? Jeanne Proust discusses the multi-layered concept of the uterus
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
Jul 21, 202226:00

FAB Gab Episode 21: Katharine Wolfe on 'speciesism', ablism, and moral status of humans and animals
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
Jun 16, 202228:23

Episode 20: Anna Nelson on Partial Ectogenesis by Request
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
May 19, 202220:46

Episode 19: Jemma Rollo on a Relational Ethics of Pregnancy
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
Apr 21, 202220:48

Episode 18: Ylva Gustafsson takes a critical approach to neurological accounts of empathy
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
Mar 16, 202227:49

FAB Gab Episode 17: Lida Sarafraz on missing females in cardiovascular research
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
Feb 16, 202222:51

FAB Gab Episode 16: Laura Cupples on a Disability Framework for Health Policy Research
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
Jan 20, 202228:21

FAB Gab Episode 15: Eva De Clercq on Young Adults with Variations of Sex Characteristics
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
Dec 16, 202131:49

FAB Gab Episode 14: Hilde Lindemann on Language Suburbs
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
Nov 18, 202114:28

FAB Gab Episode 13: Amy Reed-Sandoval on Abortion Bans and Pandemic Ethics
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
Oct 14, 202120:23

FAB Gab Episode 12: Jill Drouillard on Pregnancy and Creating a Gender-Inclusive Reproductive Ethics
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
Sep 17, 202117:53

FAB Gab Episode 11: Maria Howard on Rational Suicide
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.
Aug 19, 202125:41

FAB Gab Episode 10: Kate Mason on Early Motherhood Bioethics
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
Jul 15, 202122:59

FAB Gab Episode 9: Mercer Gary on Care Robots and the Mechanisation of Health Care
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
Jun 17, 202118:21

FAB Gab Episode 8: Nora Hämäläinen on a Higher Level of Reflection on the Bioethical Process
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
May 20, 202122:37

FAB Gab Episode 7: Susan Stark on the Intersection of Gender and Race
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
Apr 15, 202126:18

FAB Gab Episode 6: IJFAB Editors on the Journal
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
Mar 25, 202136:01

FAB Gab Episode 5: Karey Harwood on New Eugenics and Procreative Liberty
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
Feb 18, 202124:08

FAB Gab Episode 4: Michael Doan and Ami Harbin on Relational Understandings of Public Health
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
Jan 13, 202127:05

FAB Gab Episode 3: Jennifer Bell on using Relational Autonomy to frame Qualitative Research
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
Dec 10, 202024:17

FAB Gab Episode 2: Carolyn McLeod reflects on relational autonomy and the work of Sue Sherwin
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
Nov 10, 202019:06

FAB Gab Episode 1: Special Issue on Sue Sherwin with Kirsten Borgerson and Letitia Meynell
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
Oct 12, 202021:21

Welcome to FAB Gab
Host: Kate MacKay
Transcript: provided by Descript
Music: The City Sleeps by Death by Ginger
Sep 16, 202002:29