Calling on California To Respect Intersex Children

Doctors in the United States continue to perform medically unnecessary surgeries that can inflict permanent harm on intersex children. I testified before California’s senate judiciary committee today to support Senate Concurrent Resolution 110, which supports the autonomy of intersex Californians to decide if and when their bodies get surgically altered. The resolution, authored by Senator Scott Wiener and co-sponsored by interACT Advocates for Intersex Youth and Equality California, says the medical community should establish long-overdue evidence- and rights-based standards of care for children…

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