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The intersex condition happens in one out of 2,000 kids. Surgery is usually done while the children are quite young so parents can help the child identify with the chosen sex.
The Crawfords believe the surgery robs children born “intersex” (formerly known as hermaphrodite) of the ability to naturally identify with a gender when they’re older.
As Newser reports, the Crawfords want children who are born intersex to have a say in their medical fate:
Born with “true hermaphroditism” or both male and female anatomy—including a penis, vagina, testicle, and ovarian tissue—doctors had performed surgery to remove MC’s male anatomy two months before the Crawfords took him home. The surgery wasn’t so unusual.
MSN reports that this case is the first of its kind in the nation. The Southern Poverty Law Center is representing the Crawfords.