New report backs prohibition of unnecessary medical interventions on intersex people.
The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has called for legislation which prohibits unnecessary medical interventions without consent on people born with variations in sex characteristics. The AHRC report released yesterday made several recommendations to protect the human rights of intersex Australians when it comes to decision making.
Morgan Carpenter from Intersex Human Rights Australia says, “Today, we're calling on state, territory and Commonwealth governments to act to end these abuses. We need new laws that recognise our right to decide what happens to our own bodies.”