Surgeries on Intersex Infants are Bad Medicine

Sex, gender, and medical interventions for young people have been wildely discussed in state legislatures this year, with a record number of states introducing bills which would limit or prohibit gender-affirming care for transgender youth. Gender-affirming care is supported and recognized as good health care by professional medical organizations and transgender advocates alike. While state lawmakers have rushed to keep transgender youth from receiving care they need, their bills permit non-consensual and harmful surgeries on intersex infants to continue. What lawmakers should be focused on is banning these unnecessary and dangerous medical interventions.