MC v. Aaronson: Difference between revisions

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== Surgery ==

On April 18, 2006, when M.C. was 16 months old, Dr. [[Ian Aaronson]] operated on him at the Medical University of South Carolina (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.

M.C.'s biological mother consented to the surgery and a South Carolina family court judge signed an order relative to the surgery following a hearing on April 12, 2006.<ref name="splc2013">{{REFweb

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On April 18, 2006, when M.C. was 16 months old, Dr. [[Ian Aaronson]] operated on him at the Medical University of South Carolina (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.

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 == Surgery ==
-On April 18, 2006, when M.C. was 16 months old, Dr. [[Ian Aaronson]] operated on him at the Medical University of South Carolina (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.
+M.C.'s biological mother consented to the surgery and a South Carolina family court judge signed an order relative to the surgery following a hearing on April 12, 2006.<ref name="splc2013">{{REFweb
+ |url=https://www.splcenter.org/seeking-justice/case-docket/mc-v-aaronson
+ |archived=
+ |title=M.C. v. Aaronson
+ |trans-title=
+ |language=English
+ |last=
+ |first=
+ |author-link=
+ |publisher=Southern Poverty Law Center
+ |website=www.splcenter.org
+ |date=2013-05-14
+ |accessdate=2020-07-10
+ |format=
+ |quote=
+}}</ref>
+On April 18, 2006, when M.C. was 16 months old, Dr. [[Ian Aaronson]] operated on him at the Medical University of South Carolina (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.