In July, reports broke that Russia banned so-called “gender-affirming” surgeries and treatments meant for individuals who believe their “gender identity” does not align with their biological sex. This prohibited irreversible, experimental transgender surgeries, hormone treatments, and changes to official documents, such as passports, which Townhall covered.
This week, Japan’s Supreme Court ruled that a law requiring people who believe they are “transgender” to undergo sterilization to legally change their gender is unconstitutional.
According to the Associated Press, the unanimous decision was the first on the constitutionality of the law, which was enacted in 2003.
In 2020, a case was filed by a “transgender” person who had his request to change her gender in her family registry denied by lower courts. The “trans” person was “assigned male at birth” and now identifies as a woman (via AP):
The judges unanimously ruled that the part of the law requiring sterilization for a gender change is unconstitutional, according to the court document and the claimant’s lawyers. But the top court ordered the case to be sent back to the high court for further review of the requirement for gender-affirmation surgery — a decision the claimant’s lawyers said was regrettable because it delays the settlement of the issue.
Under the law, transgender people who want to have their gender assigned at birth changed on family registries and other official documents must be diagnosed as having gender dysmorphia and undergo an operation to remove their sex organs.
Other requirements are that they are unmarried and do not have children.
The claimant is reportedly “a resident in western Japan” in his late 40s. He argued that the surgery requirement “forces a huge economic and physical burden and that it violates the constitution’s equal rights protections.”
In the United States, many LGBTQ+ supporters have been pushing to allow this kind of harmful gender care for children. Ohio Senator J.D. Vance, a Republican, introduced legislation that would outlaw these kinds of experimental, irreversible treatments and surgeries for minors, which Townhal covered.
“Under no circumstances should doctors be allowed to perform these gruesome, irreversible operations on underage children. With this legislation, we have an opportunity to save countless young Americans from a lifetime of suffering and regret. I want to thank Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene for leading on this issue, and I look forward to working with my Senate colleagues to protect children from these life-altering procedures,” Vance told The Daily Caller, which first reported on the legislation.
