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The place of sexuality in society: misplaced grand theorising will sideline disabled people’s sexual rights

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  1. See, for example [15].

  2. The locution ‘disabled people’ is preferred by the British disability rights movement, with which Steve was connected and is, thus, familiar. Inasmuch, this terminology is used here with the acknowledgment that other terms also exist.

  3. Or some combination of the two—depending on which disability theory one employs.

  4. Such as in civitatem (healthcare) rights to complex and controversial interventions such as abortion, BIID surgery, and physician assisted suicide.

  5. We accept that the matter of consent needs more rigour than is afforded by a simple paragraph here. Such issues are, however, to be resolved in the development of the programme and do not constitute sufficient justification to not develop such a programme.

  6. For a thorough and balanced overview, see [2].

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Firth, S.J., Neiders, I. The place of sexuality in society: misplaced grand theorising will sideline disabled people’s sexual rights. Theor Med Bioeth 44, 405–409 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11017-023-09638-y

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