{"id":12605,"date":"2021-09-08T10:23:34","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T04:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/?p=12605"},"modified":"2021-09-08T10:23:34","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T04:53:34","slug":"hc-issues-notice-to-delhi-govt-on-plea-to-ban-sex-selective-surgeries-on-infants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/hc-issues-notice-to-delhi-govt-on-plea-to-ban-sex-selective-surgeries-on-infants\/","title":{"rendered":"HC issues notice to Delhi govt. on plea to ban sex-selective surgeries on infants"},"content":{"rendered":"

\ud83d\udd3a Syllabus topic:<\/span><\/h3>\n

\u2796 Sociology :\u00a0: Gender; Inequality<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

News in short:<\/strong><\/p>\n

he Delhi High Court issued notice to the Delhi government and Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) on a petition highlighting the need to ban sex-selective surgeries on infants born with \u201cintersex traits\u201d.<\/p>\n

A Bench of Chief Justice D.N. Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh gave the direction on a petition by Srishti Madurai Educational Research Foundation seeking to declare a ban on medically unnecessary, sex-selective surgeries on intersex infants and children, except in cases of life- threatening situations.<\/p>\n

\"What<\/p>\n

SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

What is gender, sexual identity and sexual orientation?<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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  • Gender identity is assigned at birth based on the anatomy (male or female sexual organs, both internal and external).<\/li>\n
  • Sexual identity is what one sees oneself as, and Sexual orientation is the sex a person is attracted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    What does intersex mean?<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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    • Intersex refers to people born with physical and biological characteristics that are more diverse than stereotypical definitions of male or female bodies.<\/li>\n
    • The intersex condition arises when it is difficult to classify the reproductive organs as male or female.<\/li>\n
    • Genetically, the male is invested with XY chromosomes and the female, XX. In intersex, there are at least 40 different variations.<\/li>\n
    • In the field of medical genetics, it is believed that gender assignment is not merely the function of the X and Y chromosomes.<\/li>\n
    • Rather, hundreds of genes have been identified, mutations or changes in them lead to a \u2018different kind of development\u2019, impacting the gender of the foetus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      What is sex-selective surgeries?<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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      • In Intersex infants, not all biological differences can be detected at the time of birth.<\/li>\n
      • When these differences are apparent at birth, parents are eager to resolve the question of the gender of the baby and pick a gender.<\/li>\n
      • They are ignorant of the fact that the child will have to pick a sexual identity in the process of growing up.<\/li>\n
      • This could lead to physical trauma, emotional turmoil and problems arising out of confusion about identity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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