“Intersex advocates are rejoicing at a paper released by three former US Surgeons General. The surgeon-generals called for an end to forced medical surgeries on young intersex people.
Dr Joycelyn Elders, Dr David Satcher and Dr Richard Carmona were the 15th to 17th Surgeons General respectively.
The three condemned genitoplasty and other procedures, which are often performed on infants with intersex traits.
Intersex advocates, human rights groups and even the World Health Organization recognize ‘corrective surgery’ can cause more harm than good.
The paper comes as a new study revealed people who did not have forced surgery grew up without predicted problems.
The French study found ‘so far no major concerns have been reported from patients and their families’ and ‘with appropriate medical care and psychological support, it is possible to defer genital surgery’.
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Forced gender assignment surgery was legal to perform until 2017. Let that sink in.
OH MY GOD /??!?! oH MY GOD OH MY GOD IM GONNA CRYFINALLY
Fyi it’s still legal in america (portugal has banned it) it is just recommended by three surgeons-generals not to do it. Like smoking is also highly not recommended, but there’s not a whole lot of laws
against it.
‘Stunning victory’ as US Surgeons General call for an end to intersex surgery
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