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What status does this report have on a state or federal level?
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At this immediate point in time, none. In fact, none of the recommendations put forth are even legally binding. Medical treatment is governed on the state level, by the state licensing departments. Much of that comes from the guidance of the people like the AMA, which is more or less (along with all the other medical associations) run by dinosaurs.
However, with this report it is expected some facilities will voluntary begin to change. For instance, UCSF has already established an intersex task force (not led by Baskin btw) to examine their treatment practices.
As time goes on, many people will be working with this document, and change will occur with it.
For instance, one of the things I wanted to see included and pushed for during the process was considering statutes of limitations for malpractice suits in regards to surgery done during childhood. As you can see, it's not included. My thoughts along the line was what childhood sex abuse survivors, particularly those abused in the Catholic church have managed to do...they got them dropped.
I can see us using this document to have a better chance of approaching legislators to attempt it.
That's just one idea.
The beautiful thing about these 110 pages is there are lots we can do with it.
It is our intention to explore our options in pursuing Baskin over his particular comments. At minimum, each of us should make a complaint to the California medical licensing board about it. Complaints against medical licenses when proven are a pain in the neck because they need to be reported every two years and it becomes a mark of shame for physicians who have them.