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Alice Dreger: Twenty-Five Years Into the Intersex Patient Rights Movement, Why Aren’t We Done?

Dreger Talk PromoIn this lecture, writer and activist Alice Dreger explores the world of patient rights. “The Intersex Patient Rights Movement has been trying for over twenty-five years to stop pediatric genital surgeries that are motivated not by medical necessity but by social norms around sex and gender,” Dreger says. “We have also more recently tried to stop prospective parents of intersex children from being deceived about the safety and efficacy of a prenatal drug intervention aimed at preventing intersex genital development. We’ve failed.” This talk will explore why she reaches that conclusion, and trace out what has changed while also trying to explain why some deeply problematic core practices have not changed.











When: Wed., May. 18, 2016 at 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Where: The New York Academy of Medicine
1216 Fifth Ave.
212-822-7200
Price: Free
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Dreger Talk PromoIn this lecture, writer and activist Alice Dreger explores the world of patient rights. “The Intersex Patient Rights Movement has been trying for over twenty-five years to stop pediatric genital surgeries that are motivated not by medical necessity but by social norms around sex and gender,” Dreger says. “We have also more recently tried to stop prospective parents of intersex children from being deceived about the safety and efficacy of a prenatal drug intervention aimed at preventing intersex genital development. We’ve failed.” This talk will explore why she reaches that conclusion, and trace out what has changed while also trying to explain why some deeply problematic core practices have not changed.

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