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Genital Surgery On Intersexed Children Please refer also to enclosed Declarations from Cheryl Chase (Director of the Intersex Society), Justine Schober M.D. (pediatric urological surgeon), Alice Dreger Ph.D. (narrative ethicist), and Lisset Barcellos Cardenas (a Peruvian woman subjected to nonconsensual genital surgery at age 12). All of these argue that cosmetic genital surgery should never be performed without the express informed consent of the patient. Also enclosed is a letter in the original Spanish from Ms. Barcellos to her doctor in Lima, insisting that this practice is harmful, unethical, and must be stopped