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Politics
Callum Godde

State moves to ban unnecessary intersex child surgery

Advocates say restrictions on unnecessary procedures will protect intersex children. (Joe Castro/AAP PHOTOS)

Deferrable and irreversible procedures on intersex children are set to be banned in an Australian state first, with advocates declaring it can be a "light on the hill".

The Victorian government on Tuesday introduced legislation to prohibit intersex infants and young children from receiving deferrable interventions that permanently change their bodies, until old enough to consent.

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