In July, reports emerged that Russia had banned so-called “gender-affirming” surgeries and procedures intended for people who believe their “gender identity” is not consistent with their biological sex. This prohibited irreversible, experimental surgeries for transgender people, hormone treatments and changes to official documents such as passports, which included Townhall.
This week, Japan’s Supreme Court ruled that a law requiring people who consider themselves “transgender” to undergo sterilization in order to legally change their gender is unconstitutional.
The unanimous decision was the first on the constitutionality of the law, which was passed in 2003, according to the Associated Press.
In 2020, a case was filed by a “transgender” person whose lower courts rejected her request to change her gender on the family registry. A “trans” person was “assigned male at birth” and currently identifies as female (via AP):
The justices unanimously ruled that the part of the law requiring sterilization for gender reassignment is unconstitutional, according to a document from the court and the plaintiffs’ lawyers. The Supreme Court, however, ordered that the case be sent back to the Supreme Court for further consideration of the requirement for gender confirmation surgery. This decision, according to the plaintiff’s lawyers, is regrettable because it delays the resolution of the issue.
By law, transgender people who want their gender changed at birth in family records and other official documents must be diagnosed with gender dysmorphia and undergo surgery to remove their genitals.
Other requirements are that they are single and have no children.
The plaintiff is reportedly a “Western Japanese resident” in his 40s. He argued that the surgery requirement “causes enormous economic and physical burden and violates constitutional protections of equal rights.”
In the United States, many LGBTQ+ advocates are pushing to allow this type of harmful gender-based child care. Ohio Senator J.D. Vance, a Republican, introduced legislation to ban the type of experimental, irreversible treatments and surgeries on minors that Townhal was practicing.
“Under no circumstances should doctors be allowed to perform these gruesome, irreversible surgeries on minor children. With this legislation, we have a chance to save countless young Americans from a lifetime of suffering and regret. I want to thank Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene for her leadership on this issue and look forward to working with my colleagues in the Senate to protect children from these life-changing procedures,” Vance told The Daily Caller, which first reported on the legislation.
