Australia’s first laws to protect intersex people from medical procedures without their consent passed unopposed in the ACT parliament on Thursday.
The ACT has passed legislation to prevent unnecessary medical procedures from being performed on intersex children.
Under doctors' advice, her parents agreed for her to have surgery as a baby, which she says has had significant physical and emotional repercussions. The bill will prohibit unnecessary medical treatments on people with natural variations of sex characteristics until the person can make the decision themselves."I am so, so happy that it will be here to protect all the future intersex children."Intersex is an umbrella term that refers to people born with sex characteristics that do not align with social or medical norms for male or female bodies.
According to Equality Australia, early and unnecessary medical procedures can impact fertility, sexual function, urinary tract health and gender assignment, and can create a need for ongoing medical treatment.
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