promoting the civil rights of children born with variations of sex anatomy
Welcome to Advocates for Informed Choice (AIC)! Founded in 2006 through an Equal Justice Works Fellowship, and continued with a 2008 Echoing Green Fellowship, AIC is the first organization in the country to undertake a coordinated strategy of legal advocacy for the rights of children with intersex conditions or DSDs (disorders of sex development).
Mission statement
AIC uses innovative legal strategies to advocate for the civil rights of children born with variations of reproductive or sexual anatomy. The project:
- engages parents, doctors, attorneys and intersex activists in strategy discussions;
- stimulates legal dialogue about the fundamental rights of children born with intersex conditions or DSDs; and
- employs traditional and non-traditional legal tools to ensure justice for children born with intersex conditions or DSDs.
These activities are grounded in a sense of respect and compassion for the children, parents, doctors, and intersex adults involved.
**Update: AIC is responding to clinicians’ requests for help in stopping what they believe may be ethically problematic practices.
A letter was submitted by Anne Tamar-Mattis, Executive Director of Advocates of Informed Choice, to the FDA, OHRP, Weill-Cornell Medical College, Mount Sinai Medical Center, and Florida International University. A statement of concern from adults who were born with atypical sex markers was also sent to the same audience through the facilitation of AIC. AIC would like to thank everyone who has joined us in standing up for the rights of people born with atypical sexual anatomy and their families. We especially offer our appreciation to those in the bioethics community who continue to stand up for our constituents.
