An Emerging Ethical and Medical Dilemma: Should Physicians Perform Sex Assignment Surgery on Infants with Ambiguous Genitalia?
Michigan Journal of Gender & Law, Vol. 7, p. 1, 2000
64 Pages Posted: 5 Aug 2009
Date Written: 2000
Abstract
The authors challenge the practice of gender assignment surgeries of infants born with ambiguous genitalia and other differences of sex development (intersex conditions). They assert that the child's right to an open future should be preserved.
Keywords: intersex, parental authority
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Beh, Hazel Glenn and Diamond, Milton, An Emerging Ethical and Medical Dilemma: Should Physicians Perform Sex Assignment Surgery on Infants with Ambiguous Genitalia? (2000). Michigan Journal of Gender & Law, Vol. 7, p. 1, 2000, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1444561
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