Parents sue S.C. hospital over child's gender assignment surgery

[Guest LizMarie]

Parents sue S.C. hospital over child's gender assignment surgery.

I really thought this barbaric practice had ceased. I am stunned that physicians anywhere in the United States would perform such a surgery given that the statistical followups clearly have demonstrated that the "guesses" of the surgeon are quite often wrong. As the parents note, it is considered in the best interests of the child to let the child inform his/her parents of who they really are.

[Guest Wendy F]

Another victim of society's need to label and categorize everybody. These almost always turn out to be cis males.

[Guest]

A friend of mine just text me this! Thanks for posting it first and saving me a search. Cool.

I am so going to keep up with this. I have to do a little more research about me. I do have a major bone to pick with the state of Ohio, to leverage a change on never changing birth certificates. They may be giving me the cannon! I hope more people stand up and fire the shot.

I wish I could find the data about the medical group that was modifying children and adopting them out under the guise of botched circumcisions. That would be me. I saw it and faster than a UFO, it disappeared. I hope my sisters and brothers can yank the scalpels out of the Demigods' hands forever! Jody

[Carolyn Marie]

This will be an interesting case to follow. Thanks for posting it, LizMarie (and Kay in the other thread).

Carolyn Marie

[VickySGV]

This is a perfect example of the idea that the "Medical Community" is not limited to a geographical township any more. It is also an example of the "just one more" and we will prove a theory we internalize to be right even in the light of facts that tear that comfortable idea the we can play god away from us. I personally look at this medical behavior as a violation of the Hypocratic Oath even more point on, than some people claim is the case of SRS.

[Drea]

I think there is enough evidence to show that making such alterations to someone so young should be avoided till they get well into their teens and can make a decision for themselves.

As they grow, develop, the amount of ambiguity could change. Purberty could cause development of both or perhaps one set in favor of the other. There is just no knowing.

Anyone ever heard of this thing? Where in the Dominican Republic and especially in certain families males are born looking like females and the male genitals don't grow till the onset of puberty.

http://product-boy.com/2011/08/06/select-population-of-females-turn-into-males-during-puberty-growing-male-genitalia/

[VickySGV]

Interesting, and they have known this since I was in my early 20's, how rapidly informatiion travels!! Sigh. Good find Drea.

[gennee]

The medical establishment goes on the erroneous theory that the child will be hampered if they do not operate on him/her.

that's pure speculation and hypotheses. How can they determine that someone will turn out at puberty? The medical establish-

ment has it all wrong-as usual.

[Guest LizMarie]

Gennee, it's not even speculation. A doctor at Johns Hopkins advocated this back in the 1950s and 1960s claiming it worked. Subsequent researchers followed up the children he "fixed" and found that huge numbers identified as the opposite sex, with 77% ending up in "gay" relationships. I'd have to go dig for the information but it's out there. This surgery has been completely discredited in the scientific community. For doctors to be practicing this in 2013 is akin to being a court astrologer and they very well should be sued in court.

Drea, have you ever heard of AIS babies? AIS (Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome) causes 1 in 30,000 female births worldwide to be XY. An AIS baby never becomes male because she is biologically completely resistant to testosterone and all its byproducts.

[VickySGV]

I remember seeing a post here at LP over in the General Forum that listed 40+ problems that can cause some form of intersex condition where the child will appear healthy as one gender, but still be intersexed.

[Guest LizMarie]

Yes there are, Vicky. AIS is simply one of the more extreme intersexed conditions.