Gender Reassignment Surgery: A Catholic Bioethical Analysis
There is no explicit authoritative Catholic teaching on gender reassignment surgery (GRS). Catholic bioethicists have debated the origin of gender dysphoria and the effectiveness of GRS. A further ethical question is whether some forms of GRS involve mutilation in the strict sense. The principle o...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
[2018]
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| In: |
Theological studies
Year: 2018, Volume: 79, Issue: 2, Pages: 314-338 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Catholic church
/ Gender identity disorders
/ Gender reassignment surgery
/ Surgery
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| IxTheo Classification: | KDB Roman Catholic Church NBE Anthropology NCF Sexual ethics NCH Medical ethics NCJ Ethics of science |
| Further subjects: | B
transsexual
B Elizabeth Anscombe B gender reassignment B principle of totality B Surgery B Medical Ethics B Transgender B Pope Pius XII B mutilation |
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| Summary: | There is no explicit authoritative Catholic teaching on gender reassignment surgery (GRS). Catholic bioethicists have debated the origin of gender dysphoria and the effectiveness of GRS. A further ethical question is whether some forms of GRS involve mutilation in the strict sense. The principle of totality does not apply to GRS as the reproductive organs are a cause of distress only because the object of distress. This analysis leaves open the status of GRS which does not compromise biological function. |
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| ISSN: | 2169-1304 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0040563918766711 |