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  • 'A baby cannot provide ... consent': Calif. lawmakers denounce infant intersex surgeries

    08/30/2018 8:31:50 AM PDT · by EdnaMode · 21 replies
    NBC News ^ | August 28, 2018 | Tim Fitzsimons
    The California State Legislature approved a resolution on Tuesday denouncing medically unnecessary surgeries for intersex children. "Intersex children should be free to choose whether to undergo life-altering surgeries that irreversibly — and sometimes irreparably — cause harm," the resolution states. SCR 110 was introduced by Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat whose district includes San Francisco, and it was supported by Equality California, a statewide LGBTQ advocacy group, and interACT, an intersex youth advocacy organization. interACT @interACT_adv We did it. Today interACT, @eqca, and @Scott_Wiener celebrate the PASSING of the first legislation in U.S. history to name the harms of non-consensual...