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Originally Posted by BigNumbers
Sorry Thor - I had to do some research, as your bolded statement surprised me... I had never heard of 'intersex infants' and googled it.
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Was your research done in a few minutes?
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I am curious as to why Iceland has a month-long parliamentary hearing for something that literally effects ~2 people a year? 
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Ethics.
Iceland is known as a leader in LGBTQ rights, it is also one of the early nations who banned FGM.
We have had a number of Icelandic LGBTQ members who have shared their tearful discussions of how their parents chose a sex based on very few facts and that then was a huge harm to their upbringing.
Intersex children and their rights are painfully hard to listen to, and I am proud to be a part of the new legislation we are trying to pass that protects all surgeries and modifications on children unless medically necessary.