Health and medical ethics (page 1 of 19)

For an introduction to these issues, see our page on bodily integrity

On a black background, is the image of the cover of the National Action Plan for the Health and Wellbeing of LGBTIQA+ People 2025- 2035 put out by the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care. The cover is a ribbon of varied colours including red, pink, purple, navy and light blue on a background that is pastel green, pastel orange, pastel pink and pastel blue. The logo for Interaction is also featured- a purple circle with white outline and the accompanying text “InterAction for Health and Human Rights”. Text reads: “InterAction welcomes the launch of the National Action Plan for the Health and Wellbeing of LGBTIQA+ People 2025- 2035”

InterAction for Health and Human Rights Welcomes the Launch of the National Action Plan for the Health and Wellbeing of LGBTIQA+ People

  InterAction for Health and Human Rights (previously known as Intersex Human Rights Australia) is proud to welcome the launch of the National Action Plan for the Health and Wellbeing of LGBTIQA+ People 2025-2035. This comprehensive plan marks a significant step forward in ensuring the health and wellbeing of individuals with innate variations of sex…
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A handprint is half dark purple on a bright yellow background and half bright yellow on a dark purple background. The text reads "Human Rights Day 2024" and "Our Rights, Our Future, Right Now". The new logo for InterAction for Health and Human Rights is shown- it includes the name of the organisation and a purple circle with white outline.

Human Rights Day 2024: “Our Rights, Our Future, Right Now”

As we commemorate Human Rights Day on December 10, 2024, let us embrace the truth that intersex rights are human rights. This year’s theme, “Our rights, our future, right now,” is a call to action that demands our immediate attention and unwavering dedication to uphold the rights of all individuals, including those with innate variations…
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Genetic discrimination in Insurance to end

Australian insurance companies have been using genetic test results to discriminate against individuals. This practice can lead to higher premiums or outright denial of coverage for those with certain genetic markers.

Extract of the August 2024 cover of the American Journal of Bioethics: a blue night sky with two crescent moons

Global bioethics statement calls for end to medically unnecessary intersex surgeries

The American Journal of Bioethics has published a global bioethics consensus statement, led by researchers at the University of Oxford’s Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics and with contributions made by more than 150 international experts from more than 24 countries, including IHRA’s own Dr Morgan Carpenter and Mauro Cabral Grinspan.

the shape of Queensland, in purple

Response to development of a Queensland Trauma Strategy

Our submission on the development of the Queensland Trauma Strategy, focusing on intersex-specific experiences of trauma, and the omission of discussion of these experiences from materials produced on trauma in LGBTQIA+SB populations.

Parliament

Pre-budget submission

IHRA has recently made a first pre-budget submission to Treasury, proposing the funding of a health service for people with innate variations of sex characteristics.

Intersex Awareness Day 2023

On 26 October 1996, Morgan Holmes and Max Beck, were turned away from an opportunity to speak at a paediatrics conference in Boston. They had hoped to speak to address the ways they had been treated – the ways their bodies had been changed, before they were able to personally consent – as people with…
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Legislation to protect intersex human rights in the ACT passed!

Today, and with cross-party support, the ACT Assembly has passed legislation introduced by Andrew Barr in March to protect the human rights of people with innate variations of sex characteristics in medical settings. The legislation will implement mechanisms to regulate non-urgent medical care to encourage child participation in medical decisions, establish groundbreaking oversight mechanisms and…
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