Transgender persons' view on previous fertility decision-making and current infertility: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Study question

How do adult transgender and gender diverse (TGD) people, who are infertile due to prior gender-affirming treatment, view their current infertility and their reproductive decisions made in the past?

Summary answer

In a time where sterilization was mandatory, transgender adolescents prioritized gender-affirming treatment over their future fertility and would make the same choice today despite emotional challenges related to infertility experienced by some.

What is known already

Under transgender law in the Netherlands, sterilization was required for legal gender recognition until 2014, resulting in permanent infertility. The long-term consequences of this iatrogenic infertility in transgender adolescents who have now reached adulthood remain underexplore

SUBMITTER: Asseler JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11373325 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature