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Health and Wellness
California just tabled a bill that would’ve banned surgeries on intersex infants & children
Such surgeries occur before young people can consent to them or develop their own gender identity, often scarring them for life and creating medical and identity difficulties later on.
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News (USA)
Groundbreaking bill seeks to end the widespread mutilation of intersex children
1.7% of the human population is intersex, and many are harmed soon after birth.
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News (USA)
Family of intersex child settles lawsuit over genital surgery for over $400,000
This case could have an effect on whether or not doctors decide to perform surgeries on intersex babies.
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News (USA)
Should doctors perform surgery on intersex children?
“If there is a secret to raising healthy children, it is to accept and focus on what they are, instead of what they’re not.”