Revisiting Relational Pandemic Ethics in Light of the COVID-19 Abortion Bans in the United States
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-3-2021
Publication Title
International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics
Volume
14
Issue
1
First page number:
141
Last page number:
156
Abstract
The experiences of working-class people and those from communities of color seeking abortions in the United States before and during COVID-19 call for feminist, relational pandemic ethics. Françoise Baylis and colleagues argue for public health ethics that emphasize relational personhood, relational autonomy, social justice, and solidarity. COVID-19 abortion bans in the United States require vigilance against powerful actors who abuse these values-particularly that of solidarity-to further their political, religious, and/or economic agendas in harmful ways. Thus, efforts to promote solidarity during a pandemic must attend to social injustice and systemic oppression and provide resources to vulnerable people.
Keywords
Abortion; COVID-19; Pandemic ethics; Public health; Social justice; Solidarity
Disciplines
Bioethics and Medical Ethics | Ethics and Political Philosophy
Language
English
Repository Citation
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.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/IJFAB-14.1.07
