The Moderates and Liberals chose last autumn to round the government office and went directly to the Riksdag with the issue, as the Christian Democrats do not want to change the gender identity law. The Sweden Democrats are also critical. KD and SD recently tried to postpone a decision by sending it to a new consultation round, which would have meant that there probably wouldn’t be a decision until the autumn. The initiative was voted down by the other parties in the Riksdag. On Thursday, the proposal will be prepared in the social affairs committee and will then be submitted to the Riksdag for a vote. The committee adjusts the final decision on April 4 and the Riksdag will vote on April 17. “Warns against gender reassignment” M member Johan Hultberg believes the law will pass with support from the opposition. – This has been a very researched and debated question. Now it is important that we finish with this change. Today you have to wait five to seven years, it will be suffering for this group. Requirements must be set, but it must be more simplified than it is today, he tells TV4 Nyheterna. But Christian Carlsson (KD), chairman of the social committee, believes that it is a hasty decision and wants the proposal to be sent out for consultation again. “Professors and specialist doctors warn that gender reassignment at a young age could increase gender dysphoria, which could then lead to hormone treatments and gender corrections that might otherwise not have been necessary and which one could come to regret in adulthood,” he says and continues: – But we are also worried that the simplified examination in care will lead to simply not offering support and treatment for these children and young people. “It’s a simplification” The S-member Fredrik Lundh Sammeli, who is vice-chairman of the social committee, told Expressen earlier this week that his view is that the proposal has broad support and that the parties in the Riksdag “seem to be able to handle this”. – There are many young trans people who feel very bad, it is a simplification to change social security numbers. But it doesn’t change when you can do a surgical procedure and the other parts. It is still the legislation we want, he tells TV4 Nyheterna. The proposal on the table wants to make it possible to change legal gender at the age of 16, as opposed to today’s 18. Those who want to change their legal gender should also no longer have to be diagnosed with gender dysphoria, but it should be sufficient to have a healthcare contact beforehand.
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