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{| class="infobox vcard" style="175px; font-size:90%" border="0" cellspacing="4" align="right" |- | align="right" | [[ImageFile:MCvsAaronson.jpg|175pxthumb|M.C.]]|- style="background: #DCDCDC"| align="center" | MC|} '''M.C. vs Aaronson{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is a groundbreaking lawsuit against the [https://dss.sc.gov South Carolina Department of Social Services], [https://www.ghs.org/ Greenville Hospital System],[https://web.musc.edu {{UNI|Medical University of South Carolina]] |MUSC}} and individual employees, including Dr. [[Ian Aaronson]], over a sexual reassignment/normalization surgery performed on a baby born with [[Intersex traits]], while the baby was in the custody of the state.<ref name="white2014">{{REFjournal
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|last=White
|first=Ryan L.
Court records indicate that at birth, M.C. was identified as a male. During a reflux surgery, "female organs were discovered" (In current nomenclature, this is referred to as [[Ambiguous genitalia]]). Doctors at the Greenville Hospital System concluded the baby was a "true hermaphrodite." (The word 'hermaphrodite' is no longer used to describe intersex or DSD conditions because it's biologically inexact and also offensive). M.C. was born with a relatively rare intersex disorder called ovotesticular DSD, which doctors say makes it particularly difficult to predict gender.
They referred the case to the [https://web.musc.edu {{UNI|Medical University of South Carolina] |MUSC}} where ultimately, sex re-assignment surgery was performed in April 2006 on the then 1-year-old.
Mark and Pam Crawford adopted M.C. a few months later.<ref name="sausser2015">{{REFnews
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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.
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.
== Statement from the Greenville Hospital System ==
In April of 2014, Dr. William F. Schmidt, medical director of the GHS Children's Hospital, sent WYFF a statement saying, "A thorough review of the medical files will show that treatment this child received while under our care was consistent with the highest standards of medical practice and medical ethics."<ref name="wyff2014" />
==Conclusion== After four years of litigation (including a lengthy discovery process), the Parties agreed that it was mutually beneficial to amicably resolve this case. This case has been resolved and dismissed with no admission of liability or wrongdoing on the part of the {{UNI|Medical University of South Carolina|MUSC}}, South Carolina Department of Social Services, or any of the physicians and/or employees.<ref name="splc2013"/>
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Ambiguous genitalia]]
* [[DSD]]