Download This PaperDavid Reimer's Legacy: Limiting Parental Discretion
Cardozo Journal of Law & Gender, Vol. 12, No. 5, 2005
26 Pages Posted: 12 Aug 2009
Date Written: August, 10 2009
Abstract
The authors question the limits of parental authority to consent to infant sex assignment surgeries and suggest that unnecessary life-altering surgeries should be delayed until the child has capacity to consent.
Keywords: Intersex, gender, children, informed consent
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Diamond, Milton and Beh, Hazel Glenn, David Reimer's Legacy: Limiting Parental Discretion (August, 10 2009). Cardozo Journal of Law & Gender, Vol. 12, No. 5, 2005, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1446966
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