From: RGINZBERG@eagle.wesleyan.EDU (Ruth Ginzberg)
Subject: Feminism & BioEthics Network (announcement: long)
Newsgroups: soc.feminism
Reply-To: RGINZBERG@eagle.wesleyan.EDU
Organization: Philosophy Dept., Wesleyan University
Date: 27 Jul 92 14:51:36 GMT

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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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Please respond to one of the people listed above, not to me, as I don't know
any more than what is posted here.
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Ruth Ginzberg <rginzberg@eagle.wesleyan.edu>
Philosophy Department;Wesleyan University;USA

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