Certainty and Uncertainty in Trans-Intersex Science Politics
We shouldn’t forget that uncertainty introduces questions to grapple with that are essentially good.
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Read more: Protecting Trans Children: Scientific Uncertainty and Legal Debates Over Child Custody and Access to Care Protecting Trans Children: Scientific Uncertainty and Legal Debates Over Child Custody and Access to Care
Scientific uncertainty does not mean that parents, judges, and legislators lack the information they need to serve the best interests of children.
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As often as scientific evidence has advanced reproductive rights, abortion foes have used claims about scientific uncertainty to justify new restrictions.
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Read more: “Born This Way,” LGBTQ+ Rights, and the Politics of Uncertainty “Born This Way,” LGBTQ+ Rights, and the Politics of Uncertainty
This symposium reveals uncertainty’s relevance to abortion access, the legality of gender-affirming care, intersex rights, and child custody disputes.
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Read more: Evidential Damage: Liability for Uncertainty in Medical Malpractice Suits Evidential Damage: Liability for Uncertainty in Medical Malpractice Suits
By Alex Stein As I wrote in my book with Ariel Porat, Tort Liability Under Uncertainty, our torts system must develop systematic remedy for wrongful inflictions of evidentiary harm. The Florida Supreme Court’s recent decision, Saunders v. Dickens, — So.3d —- (Fla. 2014), is a case in point.
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By Alex Stein During an annual mammogram screening for breast cancer, the radiologist detects a nodule in the patient’s breast. The nodule is large enough to require a biopsy, but the radiologist prefers to schedule a follow-up appointment with the patient for six months later. This appointment reveals that the nodule had grown and the radiologist…