BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260606T053849Z DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20130927T151500 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20130927T171500 SUMMARY:The case of the missing hand\; or\, gender\, disability and bodily norms UID:20260611T043346Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Australia/Melbourne LOCATION:55 Wellington Road\, Clayton\, Australia\, 3800 DESCRIPTION:

Abstract: The practice of terminating a pregnancy following the diagnosis of a fetal malformation raises questions about notions of bodily normality and the ways these shape ethical decision-making. This is particularly the case with terminations on the basis of ostensibly minor morphological anomalies\, such as cleft lip and missing limbs or digits. In this paper\, I examine a recent case of selective termination after a morphology ultrasound scan revealed the fetus to be missing a hand (acheiria). Using the work of Georges Canguilhem\, I show that a person with acheiria could be considered normal. On the basis of this\, I suggest that the ethics of disability termination are not as distinct from those of sex selection as is commonly supposed. To make this point\, I also consider the interaction of ideas about disability with ideas about gender. I show that this case reveals a kind of 'undecidability' in the significance of fetal sex and disability in the ethics of selective termination.

ORGANIZER;CN=Karen Green: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR