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Intersex Human Rights

The use of prevalence statistics by human rights organizations to argue against non-emergency genital surgeries on infants, citing human rights violations and calling for legal oversight and data collection.

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Jan 17, 2026
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How have human rights organizations used prevalence statistics in advocacy against non‑consensual surgeries on intersex infants?

Human rights organizations have weaponized prevalence statistics—estimates of how many people are born with intersex variations and how often surgeries occur—to reframe cosmetic, non‑emergency genital...