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US Health Agency Calls for Intersex Informed Consent

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par Human Rights Watch

The United States Health and Human Services Department (HHS) published a landmark report on intersex health equity last week, calling for an end to medically unnecessary non-consensual surgeries on children born with intersex variations.The report, based on a literature review and listening sessions with intersex people, ethicists, and medical professionals, states that “the over 5 million intersex people in our nation deserve to live healthy and fulfilling lives free from stigma and discrimination.”Children born with variations in their sex characteristics, sometimes called intersex traits,…

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