Spørgsmål til sundhedsministeren, fra Sundheds- og ældre udvalget, d. 23. Okt. 2018. Spørgsmålene er stillet efter ønske fra Stine Brix (EL) og Rasmus Nordqvist (ALT).
Fra raport om børns rettigheder i bio-medicin fra 2017, bestilt af Komitéen for bio-etik ved Europarådet.
Spørgsmål nr. 52 (Alm. del), til Sundhedsministeren og besvarelse heraf.
Spørgsmål nr. 53 (Alm. del), til Sundhedsministeren og besvarelse heraf.
First, do no harm: Ensuring the rights of children with variations of sex characteristics in Denmark and Germany (10. Maj 2017)
(versioner på: Fransk, Tysk, Spansk, Engelsk og Dansk.)
Fra venstre mod højre: Sandrao Mendig: Activist at Intersexuelle Menschen, Ditte Dyreborg: Spokesperson of EAHOO, Stephanie Stine Toft: Chairperson of Intersex Danmark, Laura Carter: Researcher/advisor on sexual orientation and gender identity at Amnesty international London, Kitty Anderson: Activist at Organisation Intersex International (OII), Helle Jacobsen: Program Manager on gender at Amnesty International Denmark.
Previously, individuals with a DSD who also met the DSM-IV-TR’s behavioral criteria for Gender Identity Disorder (American Psychiatric Association, 2000) were excluded from that general diagnosis. Instead, they were categorized as having a “Gender Identity Disorder - Not Otherwise Specified.” They were also excluded from the WPATH Standards of Care.
Page 69: Standards of Care for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender-Nonconforming People
"For the purposes of this paper, UNICEF uses the acronym LGBT as shorthand for children or parents with primary or significant same-sex attraction and/or non-conforming gender identity and/or intersex status.
In all regions of the world, children who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) — or otherwise perceived to have different sexualities or gender identities than the norm — often suffer discrimination, intimidation, harassment and violence. Similar patterns of human rights abuses can be found against children whose parents are perceived to be LGBT."
Eliminating discrimination against children and parents based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity
(Nov 2014)
"In many countries, transgender and often also intersex persons are required to undergo sterilization surgeries that are often unwanted, as a prerequisite to receiving genderaffirmative treatment and gender-marker changes (16, 64).
According to international and regional human rights bodies and some constitutional courts, and as reflected in recent legal changes in several countries, these sterilization requirements run counter to respect for bodily integrity, self-determination and human dignity, and can cause and perpetuate discrimination against transgender and intersex persons (15, 64, 140, 141–146)."
"It has been recommended by human rights bodies, professional organizations and ethical bodies that full, free and informed consent should be ensured in connection with medical and surgical treatments for intersex persons (64, 150) and, if possible, irreversible invasive medical interventions should be postponed until a child is sufficiently mature to make an informed decision, so that they can participate in decision-making and give full, free and informed consent (15, 149)"
Eliminating forced, coercive and otherwise involuntary sterilization,
An interagency statement OHCHR, UN Women, UNAIDS, UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF and WHO(2014)
"Intersex people may face discrimination and stigma in the health system, in many cases being subjected to lack of quality of care, institutional violence and forced interventions throughout their lifetime (178, 262, 263).
A major concern for intersex people is that so-called sex normalizing procedures are often undertaken during their infancy and childhood, to alter their bodies, particularly the sexual organs, to make them conform to gendered physical norms, including through repeated surgeries, hormonal interventions and other measures. As a result, such children may be subjected to medically unnecessary, often irreversible, interventions that may have lifelong consequences for their physical and mental health, including irreversible termination of all or some of their reproductive and sexual capacity. Medical procedures may sometimes be justified in cases of conditions that pose a health risk or are considered life-threatening. Such procedures, however, are sometimes proposed on the basis of weak evidence, without discussing and considering alternative solutions (178, 262, 264–270)."
Sexual health, human rights and the law(2015)
