Bill banning unneeded surgery on intersex children sparks debate at the state Capitol

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2. I don't know if you continued reading at the link,

but the article points out that the children that are affected usually do not get to make those decisions because of their age. However, physicians also believe that there is less pain involved when surgical procedures are performed at an earlier age (less than 10 years old).

With intersex characteristics more than the physical traits are involved. The psychological considerations such as to whether the child identifies as one gender or the other are equally important. My belief is that a government prohibition on the surgery would likely cause more harm, just as the government prohibition on alcohol did a century ago.