ACT releases Australian-first draft law to protect intersex children from irreversible medical harm
- Written by Aileen Kennedy, Lecturer in Health Law, University of New England

The Australian Capital Territory government has released a consultation draft law to protect the rights of intersex people.
If passed, the bill would ban deferrable medical interventions on children with intersex traits until they’re old enough to decide treatments for themselves. There will be exceptions for emergency and urgently...