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Nov 25, 2024 | 
progress.org.uk | Hannah Flynn |Anna Smajdor
Birth rates have been falling steeply over the past decades in many parts of the world, leading to a plethora of economic, social and demographic problems.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
progress.org.uk | Hannah Flynn |Anna Smajdor
Assisted reproductive technologies are changing the way families are created. These technologies open new paths to parenthood but also challenge traditional beliefs about genetic relatedness and familial roles. Interestingly, even low-tech interventions such as sperm donation can reveal inconsistencies in how people perceive parenthood and reproduction. Our recent study examined concepts of reproduction, paternity, and genetic relatedness, using an experimental approach.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
jme.bmj.com | Joona Räsänen |Anna Smajdor
Defending the disease view of pregnancy: a reply to our critics Statistics from Altmetric.com Request Permissions If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink service. You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways.
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Jan 29, 2024 | 
jme.bmj.com | Anna Smajdor |Joona Räsänen
CoercionFetusFeminismGynecologyMaternal mortalityIntroductionImagine a patient who visits the doctor having an abdominal mass that is increasing in size, causing pain, vomiting and displacement of other internal organs. Tests are booked, and investigations are planned. But when the patient mentions that she has missed her period, these alarming symptoms suddenly become trivial. She is pregnant! No disease, nothing to worry about. But is this the right way to think about things?
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Jul 31, 2023 | 
progress.org.uk | Hannah Flynn |Anna Smajdor
In the past when an unmarried girl became pregnant, her parents often raised the baby as their own. The 'real' mother would be treated as a sibling of her offspring. The child might not realise until many years later. Not surprisingly, where these secrets are kept, they can be immensely destructive. We can be glad that in many parts of the world, these lies and deceptions are no longer necessary.
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Jul 5, 2023 | 
jme.bmj.com | Anna Smajdor
Reification and assent in research involving those who lack capacity Free http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9752-6302Anna SmajdorIFIKK, University of Oslo, Oslo, NorwayCorrespondence to Dr Anna Smajdor, IFIKK, University of Oslo, Oslo 0315, Norway; acsmajdor{at}gmail.com AbstractIn applied ethics, and in medical treatment and research, the question of how we should treat others is a central problem.
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May 25, 2023 | 
jme.bmj.com | Anna Smajdor
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9752-6302Anna SmajdorIFIKK, University of Oslo, Oslo, NorwayCorrespondence to Dr Anna Smajdor, IFIKK, University of Oslo, Oslo 0313, Norway; acsmajdor{at}gmail.com Statistics from Altmetric.com Request Permissions If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink service.
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May 18, 2023 | 
jme.bmj.com | Anna Smajdor
Assent and recognitionThe injustices endemic in our societies may encourage us to separate those who lack capacity, into conceptual or actual reservations. In doing so, we tell ourselves that we are protecting them. But we also protect ourselves. We ensure that we rarely have to think about how we relate to these groups or how society’s norms affect them. Special people look after them. We do not have to communicate with them.
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Feb 17, 2023 | 
dispatchist.com | Anna Smajdor
DispatchistNews from around the globe in real timeClient loginNewsSourcesCountriesPeopleCategoriesOrganizationsA scientist in Norway wants to use brain dead women as surrogates for women who had difficulty bearing children. In addition...
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Feb 6, 2023 | 
dispatchist.com | Anna Smajdor
An idea put forward to help those with fertility issues has been met with backlash: 'brain dead women' could have their bodies used for surrogate pregnancies Getty Images An idea put forward by a professor to help those struggling with fertility issues has been met with major backlash: Professor Anna Smajdor suggested that 'brain dead women' could have their bodies used to house surrogate pregnancies for those unable, or unwilling, to carry a baby of their own.In her paper, Smajdor argues...
