Arguments for a ban on pediatric intersex surgery: A dis/analogy with Jehovah witness blood transfusion

This article argues for a ban on the performance of medically unnecessary genital normalizing surgeries as part of assigning a binary sex/gender to infants with intersex conditions on the basis of autonomy, regardless of etiology. It does this via a dis/analogy with the classic case in bioethics of...

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Main Author: Clune-Taylor, Catherine (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2024
In: Bioethics
Year: 2024, Volume: 38, Issue: 5, Pages: 460-468
IxTheo Classification:KDH Christian sects
NBE Anthropology
NCF Sexual ethics
NCH Medical ethics
Further subjects:B Intersex
B gender assignment
B Jehovah Witness
B disorders of sex development
B Autonomy
B pediatric intersex surgery
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