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California's attorney general argues in court that gender-affirming surgery constitutes "mayhem."

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California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown argues that any doctor that performs elective genital modification surgeries should be subject to criminal charges. His legal argument will make it more difficult for trans people to access surgical care for decades to come. Brown will go on to become the Governor of California.