Intersectionality and Reproductive Justice in the Context of Climate Change from Bioethics

Abstract

This work proposes the inclusion of the perspective of intersectionality and reproductive justice in the context of climate change and the approach of mitigation policies from a bioethical perspective. It poses the vulnerability experienced by marginalized groups and intersectional inequalities as the central axle of the lack of autonomy and reproductive freedom. And how these inequities are exacerbated by climate change, affecting mostly poor women, indigenous, African descent, and migrants. It proposes the principle of equal treatment and opportunities between women and men, the economic and educational empowerment of women, their participation and integration in political decisions on climate change, and the inclusion of gender mainstreaming in the discussion and analysis of the climate crisis. We call for an ethical conscience under the axis of biophilia or a basic link with the whole of life and the process of evolution proposed by O. Wilson and followed by L. Sagols.