(PDT-MG) criticized this Friday (11) the (Federal Council of Medicine) that increases the minimum age for.
Duda, said he received with concern the news about the review of the resolution of health care with people with this identity.
“The terms disclosed by the press do not match the best care parameters based on available scientific evidence and, if confirmed, would be a setback, which can lead to trans cash and several doctors to have their work interrupted,” he said.
“It is also worrying that such a change is not preceded by broad debate with the scientific community and representatives of social movements,” added the parliamentarian, who said he will wait for the publication to be published to define the following directions.
“We are available to the Federal Council of Medicine for dialogue in order to improve health care for trans people in Brazil,” he said.
The approved resolution also increases from 16 to 18 years the minimum age to start – the replacement of sex hormones for feminization or masculinization, according to gender identity.
In the case of surgical procedures for gender reassignation, age was maintained in 18 years, except for those with potential sterilizing effect, whose minimum age is 21 years.
The Resolution also determines that the services that perform these surgical procedures must register patients and ensure the proper availability of information to the regional councils of local medicine.
The text also states that transgender people who retain original biological sex should seek preventive or therapeutic care from the right expert – or that is, transgender men who maintain female biological organs should consult with a gynecologist and transgender women with male biological organs, with urologist.
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