A woman in Wisconsin is reportedly suing two surgeons who removed her uterus and breasts, claiming they did the procedures without her proper consent.
According to the Wisconsin State Journal, the lawsuit argues the woman self-diagnosed herself as having gender dysphoria in her late teens.
The outlet reported that Jay Lick and Katherine Gast, as well as UW Hospital, performed surgeries that were considered gender-affirming procedures.
Lick allegedly removed the woman’s uterus when she was 19, while Gast performed her double mastectomy when she was 21.
The patient claimed she had a “series of traumatizing events within her childhood home, including being sexually abused” prior to the surgeries.
The girl is now mourning “that she will never be able to naturally conceive a large family, as expected in her culture,” the lawsuit continues.
From Fox News:
The suit alleges the doctors carried out malpractice and failed to obtain informed consent, discrimination under the Affordable Care Act, hospital negligence, and the denial of benefits and care that would have been provided to a "non-transgender woman," according to the suit.
