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Germany: Third Option for Babies Germany: A Third Option for the Sex of Babies
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A law went into effect Friday allowing German parents to register their newborn babies as neither male nor female if they were born with traits of both sexes. The German Ethics Council, an advisory group, had urged the change to take the pressure off parents to make a hasty decision and possibly commit to surgery immediately after birth, the news agency DPA reported. The council had argued that many people born with both sex characteristics who were operated on as children later said they would not have consented to the surgery. Parents had previously been required by law to register their children’s name and sex with the authorities within one week.A law went into effect Friday allowing German parents to register their newborn babies as neither male nor female if they were born with traits of both sexes. The German Ethics Council, an advisory group, had urged the change to take the pressure off parents to make a hasty decision and possibly commit to surgery immediately after birth, the news agency DPA reported. The council had argued that many people born with both sex characteristics who were operated on as children later said they would not have consented to the surgery. Parents had previously been required by law to register their children’s name and sex with the authorities within one week.