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PhD student Grayson Jackson and IBHH faculty Dr. Jacob D. Moses and Dr. Lisa Campo-Engelstein published a commentary in the American Journal of Bioethics

Jul 8, 2025, 09:24 AM by Rachel McClere

They contribute a feminist science and technology studies (STS) perspective to the issue of pediatric gender-affirming care, arguing that concerns couched in evidence also contain embedded normative claims. Evidence-based medicine, for example, “is infused with subjective judgments about the right kinds of evidence or the right methods” (p. 78), which calls for ethical analysis alongside ostensibly empirical debates.

Full citation: Jackson, Grayson R., Jacob D. Moses, and Lisa Campo-Engelstein. “Just Knowledge and Treatment: Formal and Epistemic Injustice in Pediatric Gender-Affirming Care.” American Journal of Bioethics 25, no. 6 (June 1, 2025): 76–78. Link here.