German hermaphrodites/intersexed people want human rights

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Germany's 80,000 citizens seek their legal place in society.

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Arrogant Doctors

I know a half dozen people who had complete, or partially complete sets of both gender's sexual organs. I may be one of them, but since the hospital in San Diego where I was born no longer exists, there is not much chance of finding out. And, it is now known that in those days, those "corrections" were generally done with out being recorded. I still have pains where both ovaries would have been, but an ultra sound revealed nothing.

Hopefully, these sorts of things will eventually not be done.

Gwendolyn

Yeah... finally something is

Yeah... finally something is done about this situation. It's unbearable that some arrogant doctors decide the right for themselves to determine the gender of a person.
Now that the ethic comission has decided their opinion about the matter it's time to put it into law. The big question is how long it takes and how much damage is done until then.

At some of the medical

At some of the medical schools, new doctors are being taught to at least wait until the kid is old enough to make a choice, and some are even questioning if a choice is needed. The Religious Righteous seem not to like that.

Oh well.

CaroL

Well it's har to tell what

Well it's har to tell what will happen, considering the current administration. The FDP will probably push for it, the left parties too and if there is enough pressure by the media Merkel will do what will make her look good. If that doesn't happen she might just try to ignore it to avoid arguments with the ultra conservatives.
It kind of sucks to have an opportunist as a chancellor.