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The Vatican condemned sex change operations and surrogacy, equating them with abortion and euthanasia.
The declaration reinforces the traditional doctrine on gender and reproduction while demeaning LGBTQQIP2SA (abbreviatedLGBTQ+) peoples dignity.
A reminder that it is the scientific consensus that sex and gender are separate issues.
Gender-affirming medical treatmentsand surgeries are available globally to help a transgender person with their often life-debilitating gender dysphoria.
The treatments can help a person transition from one gender to another.
Those abnormalities can be resolved with the help of health care professionals, it said.
Oxford Academicstated that many intersex people experience nonconsensual surgery during childhood to alter their genitalia and other anatomy.
Some intersex people who have experienced nonconsensual surgery develop subsequent mistrust in medical providers and avoidance of healthcare.
According to the AP, the document was something of a repackaging of previously articulated Vatican positions.
The Pope further emphasized that surrogacy violated both the dignity of the surrogate mother and the child.
The legal framework for surrogacy varies depending on the country.
The notion that gender and sex are separate entities is not, in fact, a Westernized ideology.
