HC on Sex-Selection Surgery: Kerala High Court Refuses To Direct Sex Selective Operation of Seven-Year-Old, Asks State Government to Constitute Committee To Examine Request
The parents of a 7-year-old boy who was born with ambiguous genitalia asked the court in this case for permission to have genital reconstructive surgery so they could raise the boy as a female.
The State Government has been ordered by the Kerala High Court to establish a State Level Multidisciplinary Committee made up of professionals to review requests for performing sex-selective procedures on intersex infants.
A pediatrician/pediatric endocrinologist, a paediatric surgeon, and a child psychiatrist/child psychologist will make up the Committee.
The Government was also urged by the Single Judge Bench of Justice V.G. Arun to issue a rule governing sex-selective procedures on babies and children within three months. The parents of a 7-year-old boy who was born with ambiguous genitalia asked the court in this case for permission to have genital reconstructive surgery so they could raise the boy as a female. HC on Right To Choose Sex: Rajasthan High Court Says Everyone Has the Right To Pick Their Gender.
HC Refuses to Order Sex Selective Surgery
Kerala HC Refuses To Direct Sex Selective Surgery Of 7-Yr-Old, Directs Constitution Of Committee To Examine Request | @navya_benny https://t.co/1wcDX5GUNp
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