Breaking Binaries: The Critical Need for Feminist Bioethics in Pediatric Gender-Affirming Care

This commentary responds to Moti Gorin's article “What Is the Aim of Pediatric ‘Gender-Affirming’ Care?” We argue that Gorin's case against pediatric gender-affirming care rests upon numerous false conceptual binaries: female/male, public/private, objective/subjective, and medically necess...

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Authors: Campo-Engelstein, Lisa (Author) ; Jackson, Grayson R. (Author) ; Moses, Jacob D. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley 2024
In: The Hastings Center report
Year: 2024, Volume: 54, Issue: 3, Pages: 55-56
Further subjects:B Pediatrics
B Binaries
B gender-affirming care
B Feminist
B Bioethics
B GAC
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Summary:This commentary responds to Moti Gorin's article “What Is the Aim of Pediatric ‘Gender-Affirming’ Care?” We argue that Gorin's case against pediatric gender-affirming care rests upon numerous false conceptual binaries: female/male, public/private, objective/subjective, and medically necessary/elective. Drawing on feminist bioethics, we show how such dichotomous thinking is both inaccurate and marginalizing of gender minorities.
ISSN:1552-146X
Contains:Enthalten in: Hastings Center, The Hastings Center report
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1002/hast.1591