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Time to Update Sex Designations on Birth Certificates - New England Journal of Medicine

 

New England Journal of Medicine, Dec. 2020

by Vadim M. Shteyler, MD, Jessica A. Clarke, JD, Eli Y. Adashi, MD.

 

Failed Assignments - Rethinking Sex Designations on Birth Certificates

 

Sex designations on birth certificates offer no clinical utility, and they can be harmful for intersex and transgender people.

Moving such designations below the line of demarcation wouldnโ€™t compromise the birth certificateโ€™s public health function but could avoid harm.

 

We believe it is now time to update the practice of designating sex on birth certificates.

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