Val
Freedom of choice..........a choice made after considering ALL the pro's and the con's, and looking at one's own individual circumstances.......Some parent's will decide from ALL information to leave surgery until later, other's may CHOOSE to have surgery now. No one can tell a parent what is best for their child, just as no one can tell a parent the right way to raise a child. I have views similar to Danny and then, they are more radical than his possibly.......i.e. that simply leaving the child to develop into who she is, even if it is only until they are old enough to make decisions for themselves. Afterall, from what we read on this matter evidence clearly points to the fact that this could involve not just issues around an enlarged clitoris, or abnormal development of the genitalia but also their sexuality for which as parents, we have absolutely no control over whatsoever.. Our children's ideals and beliefs may not coinside with ours. How many of you totally agree with EVERYTHING that your parent's do or ever did whilst you lived at home?
Other parent's may be faced with such a degree of abnormality that they are unable to bond no matter what ANYBODY tells them or advises them. Their argument may be that it is vital that they do this to enable them to bond with their child in that sense. We are all different, and we all make different choices in life, and unfortunately this issue is no different in that sense. Let's remember here the many parent's that wern't given the choice and the many women who had the CAH that FEEL they wern't given a choice and then see that that is what we should be fighting for. The right to CHOOSE without being made to feel we made the wrong decision, or trying to make other's feel they made the wrong ones either.