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Doctors Playing God With Children’s Sex

June 30th, 2010 Posted in Medical

It’s a boy! It’s a girl! But what happens when life doesn’t fit in with greeting cards and the defining moment of childbirth becomes a bewildering puzzle?

Swiss intersex activist Daniela Truffer is spearheading a campaign to stop genital surgery and hormone treatment on children born with indeterminate sexual organs.

Truffer argues that affected individuals should be given the time to grow up and decide for themselves whether they wish to become male or female or remain in-between.

“Forced surgery can not be the answer,” she said, quoting medical studies that reveal poor outcomes and show that most patients suffer a lifetime of frustration and regret.

“These surgeries are painful and irreversible and most likely to reduce or remove sexual feeling. Non-consented cosmetic surgeries violate the right to physical integrity and self-determination. It’s a human rights issue,” Truffer told swissinfo.ch.

Link to the original article in English.

Stopthecut.org supports Daniela Truffer’s efforts to end forced genital surgery of children. Children should be protected, and should never be subjected to unnecessary surgery.

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