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It is the first lawsuit of its kind filed on behalf an intersex child who was given sex assignment surgery while too young to give [[informed consent]].<ref name="bennett-smith2013">{{REFnews | It is the first lawsuit of its kind filed on behalf an [[intersex]] child who was given sex assignment surgery while too young to give [[informed consent]].<ref name="bennett-smith2013">{{REFnews | ||
|title=Mark And Pam Crawford, parents of intersex child, sue South Carolina for sex assignment surgery | |title=Mark And Pam Crawford, parents of intersex child, sue South Carolina for sex assignment surgery | ||
|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mark-pam-crawford-intersex-child_n_3280353 | |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mark-pam-crawford-intersex-child_n_3280353 | ||
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On April 18, 2006, when M.C. was 16 months old, Dr. [[Ian Aaronson]] operated on him at the {{UNI|Medical University of South Carolina|MUSC}} (MUSC). He reduced M.C.’s penis to look more like a [[clitoris]] ([[Clitoroplasty]]), cut up his scrotum to form labia, and removed his internal testicle tissue ([[Orchiectomy]]). Two other specialists also treated M.C.: Dr. Yaw Appiagyei-Dankah, who worked at MUSC, and Dr. James Amrhein from Greenville Hospital. | On April 18, 2006, when M.C. was 16 months old, Dr. [[Ian Aaronson]] operated on him at the {{UNI|Medical University of South Carolina|MUSC}} (MUSC). He reduced M.C.’s [[penis]] to look more like a [[clitoris]] ([[Clitoroplasty]]), cut up his scrotum to form labia, and removed his internal testicle tissue ([[Orchiectomy]]). Two other specialists also treated M.C.: Dr. Yaw Appiagyei-Dankah, who worked at MUSC, and Dr. James Amrhein from Greenville Hospital. | ||
He had been identified as a boy at birth because of his “rather large” penis. Routine blood tests showed his testosterone levels were extremely elevated. However, he had a small vaginal opening beneath his penis and both ovarian and testicular tissue. | He had been identified as a boy at birth because of his “rather large” penis. Routine blood tests showed his testosterone levels were extremely elevated. However, he had a small vaginal opening beneath his penis and both ovarian and testicular tissue. | ||
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"The reason we’re doing this is so some change is made. That’s really what we see as what’s important," Pam Crawford said. "To make a settlement and make it a private thing, it’s not what we want to accomplish with this." | "The reason we’re doing this is so some change is made. That’s really what we see as what’s important," Pam Crawford said. "To make a settlement and make it a private thing, it’s not what we want to accomplish with this." | ||
The Crawfords also want money to pay for treatment that M.C. will need during and after puberty, but they have not named a specific amount in their lawsuit. They don’t yet know what his treatment will entail or how much it will cost. | The Crawfords also want money to pay for treatment that M.C. will need during and after [[puberty]], but they have not named a specific amount in their lawsuit. They don’t yet know what his treatment will entail or how much it will cost. | ||
== Statement from the Greenville Hospital System == | == Statement from the Greenville Hospital System == | ||