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Sweden Breaks With Trans-Health Group Following Alterations in Child Sex-Change Guidelines

Sweden Breaks With Trans-Health Group Following Alterations in Child Sex-Change Guidelines
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Naveen Athrappully
Naveen Athrappully
12/22/2022|Updated: 12/23/2022
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Health authorities in Sweden are moving away from the recommendations of the World Professional Association of Transgender Health (WPATH) regarding child sex-change surgeries.

In a Dec. 14 article published in the Swedish medical journal Lakartidningen, pediatrician Mats Reimer points out that WPATH Standards of Care 8 (SOC8) guidelines that were released earlier this year recommended minors confused about their gender to be presented with affirmation and medical intervention as the first line of treatment. The National Board of Health and Welfare disagrees.
Naveen Athrappully
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