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Just came across this interesting story.
The weird thing is there are people out there that think I am crazy for opposing government run health care.
17 European Countries Force Transgender Sterilization (Map) | Mother Jones
The weird thing is there are people out there that think I am crazy for opposing government run health care.
People rightly flipped out across the internet last month over news that the Swedish parliament would not be repealing a barbaric law that forces sterilization on trans people seeking to change their gender on legal documents. While it's despicable that Swedish politicians are opposing the law change, much of the outrage, no doubt, occurred because people previously didn't realize that a forced sterilization law existed in Sweden.
Considering how shocking people find Swedens law, it's worth pointing out the country is 1 of 17 in Europe (shown in red below) that require trans people to have a surgical procedure that results in sterilization before legal gender change is made to their identification ID. The law is currently under review in Denmark, the Netherlands, and Portugal, and in Ireland a name change (which acknowledged gender change) was granted for one woman after a legal challenge that went to the high courts, but no laws exist on the matter.
17 European Countries Force Transgender Sterilization (Map) | Mother Jones