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| Region | Jordan |
| Issue | Gender-affirming care |
| Status | Banned |
| Start Date | Aug 31, 2018 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | The 2018 Medical Liability Law explicitly prohibits "gender change surgeries", which criminalise gender affirming care for trans people in Jordan with a penalty of 10 years' imprisonment with hard labour for surgeons who provide it. The law points out a difference between gender change and gender reassignment, which is used for intersex people based on endosexnormative norms of correction and is legal. |
| Sources | https://outrightinternational.org/our-work/southwest-asia-and-north-africa/jordan https://cairo52.com/countries/Jordan/ https://www.tamimi.com/law-update-articles/introducing-a-medical-liability-law-in-jordan-in-an-attempt-to-regulate-medical-negligence-claims/ |
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edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Fixing the whole entry. P.S. Endosex means not intersex.
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| Value | Restricted | Banned |
| Start Date | 2018 | Aug 31, 2018 |
| Description | Jordan allows gender affirming surgery for intersex people but criminalises it for trans people. | The 2018 Medical Liability Law explicitly prohibits "gender change surgeries", which criminalise gender affirming care for trans people in Jordan with a penalty of 10 years' imprisonment with hard labour for surgeons who provide it. The law points out a difference between gender change and gender reassignment, which is used for intersex people based on endosexnormative norms of correction and is legal. |
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| Sources | https://outrightinternational.org/our-work/southwest-asia-and-north-africa/jordan https://database.ilga.org/api/downloader/download/1/JO%20-%20LEG%20-%20Medical%20and%20Health%20Liability%20Law%20No.%2025%20(2018)%20-%20OR-OFF%20(ar).pdf | https://outrightinternational.org/our-work/southwest-asia-and-north-africa/jordan https://cairo52.com/countries/Jordan/ https://www.tamimi.com/law-update-articles/introducing-a-medical-liability-law-in-jordan-in-an-attempt-to-regulate-medical-negligence-claims/ |
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edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Adding date and additional source.
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| Start Date | (unknown) | 2018 |
| Sources | https://outrightinternational.org/our-work/southwest-asia-and-north-africa/jordan | https://outrightinternational.org/our-work/southwest-asia-and-north-africa/jordan https://database.ilga.org/api/downloader/download/1/JO%20-%20LEG%20-%20Medical%20and%20Health%20Liability%20Law%20No.%2025%20(2018)%20-%20OR-OFF%20(ar).pdf |
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created by DaisyGeekyTrans
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0 | Original entry | |
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| Status | Restricted |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Jordan allows gender affirming surgery for intersex people but criminalises it for trans people. |
| Sources | https://outrightinternational.org/our-work/southwest-asia-and-north-africa/jordan |