Objection or Obstacle

Applying Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach to the Conscientious Refusal of Emergency Contraception

Datos Bibliográficos

ID17814294
AutoresClaire M Moore (0000-0001-7032-1545, autor de correspondencia)
Año2022
Volumen15
Número2
Páginas40-50
Fecha de publicación2022-08-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1937-4577 • E-ISSN: 1937-4585
EditorialUniversity of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3138/ijfab.15.2.03
PMID38031553
OpenAlexW4294300334
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas14

The conscientious refusal to dispense emergency contraception (EC) is legally protected in fourteen states. While the ethical dimensions of these objections have been explored within moral and feminist philosophy, conscientious refusal to the over-the-counter sale of EC has not been significantly studied through an egalitarian lens, especially with attention to the existing reproductive healthcare landscape in which these refusals occur. This article argues, through Amartya Sen's capability approach, that conscientious refusal to EC creates a burdensome inequality for people wishing to prevent pregnancy that manifests within a background of historical injustices, elevating its importance in our weighing of capabilities

Conscientious objector · Emergency contraception · Environmental ethics · Environmental health · Family planning · Inequality · Obstacle · Political science · Population · Research methodology · Sociology · Global Maternal and Child Health · Law · Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions · Medicine · Philosophy · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Contraception