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"The Australian Capital Territory government has released a consultation draft
law to protect the rights of intersex people.
If passed, the bill would ban deferrable medical interventions on children with
intersex traits until they’re old enough to decide treatments for themselves.
There will be exceptions for emergency and urgently necessary procedures. The
bill will criminalise unnecessary medical interventions, and create an
independent body to determine whether other proposed procedures are urgently
necessary.
Following the consultation period, a bill is likely to be introduced into the
ACT parliament later this year. The ACT is the first Australian jurisdiction to
move ahead with such laws. It delivers on long-standing community demands, and
recommendations by the Australian Human Rights Commission.
So far, only a handful of jurisdictions such as Malta, Portugal, Germany and
Iceland have passed similar reforms, making the ACT a global leader."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
