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Subject: Feminism & BioEthics Network (announcement: long)
From: RGINZBERG@eagle.wesleyan.edu (Ruth Ginzberg)
Date: 26 Jul 92 15:32:18 EDT
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Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1992 17:44:48 GMT
Subject: Feminist Bioethics Network
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  Several International Networks are being formed in conjunction with the
forthcoming Inaugural Congress of the International Association of Bioethics.
Among them is a Network on Feminist Approaches to Bioethics which we shall be
coordinating. We envision a more inclusive theory of bioethics, one that would
encompass the experiences of women and other martinalized social groups,
examine how the principles that dominate the prevailing discourse may favor
those already empowered, create new nethodologies, and look closely at the
legitimizing function of mainstream bioethics. Useful points of departure are
the works of susan Sherwin YNo Longer Patient: Feminist Ethics and Health
Care, Temple University Press, 1992" and the several authors in _Feminist
Perspectives in Medical Ethics_ edited by Helen Bequaert Holmes and Laura
Purday, Indiana University Press, 1992. Plans are to meet at the Congress in
Amsterdam (Oct. 5-7, 1992) to determine the scope of our future activities,
e.g., ongoing exchanges of information, resources, future conference planning,
etc. The Congress Secretariat will forward to us the names and addresses of
those who circle this network when they register for the Congress.

  However, many interested feminist may not be able to attend the Congress.
Cost, scheduling and program are all factors. So we would like your responses
BEFORE we go to Amsterdam so that your views can be taken into account as we
plan the future acitvities of the network there. If you are interested, please
write to one or the other of us by September 15th giving your preferred
address, phone numbers and any e-mail address. Also, please comment on one or
more of these:

1. Where are the needs and how do you think such a network might meet them?

2. What sorts of resources should the network provide?

3. Do you have program suggestions for subsequent meetings?

4. Would you serve on a steering committee or a program planning committee--
or contribute in some other way?

  If you think you might be able to atten the Congress in Amsterdam and you
have not received registration materials, write to:

Congress Secretariat, International Ass'n. of Bioethics c/o Health Council,
P.O. Box 90517 2509 LM The Hague The Netherlands.

Would you pass this information on to other feminists working in bioethics who
might also be interested in participating? We look forward to working with
you.

Anne Donchin, Women's Studies, Indiana University, 425 University Blvd.,
Indianapolis, IN 46202.

Helen Bequaert Holmes, Ctr. for Genetics, Ethics and Women, 24 Berkshire Terr.
Amherst, MA 01002. Phone and FAX (413) 549-1226.


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Ruth Ginzberg <rginzberg@eagle.wesleyan.edu>
Philosophy Department;Wesleyan University;USA
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