Intersex Infant Surgery: Not Banned

  • NGram@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    Your comment comes off as a bit too gender normative IMO, but I do think you are correct in that it might be a bit blown out of proportion. The law does protect doctors who deem it necessary to do surgery to correct birth defects (especially those that involve or are around genitelia) and I think that’s quite reasonable. It would be even better if the law set specific protections for intersex infants, though. There’s a significant difference between someone born with a defect that can cause serious complications in the future (I heard recently that AFAB urethras are surprisingly often plumbed weirdly) and someone who’s born intersex.

    • Candid_Andy@lemmy.ca
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      2 days ago

      Agreed, it was an attempt to simplify the thought to gain an entry point into the gender normative mindset.