In a ruling that has sparked outrage among Canadian taxpayers, the Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled that the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) must cover a vaginoplasty surgery without penectomy for a transgender and non-binary resident.
This procedure, which involves constructing a vagina while retaining the penis, is not available in Ontario or anywhere else in Canada, which means the surgery must be funded abroad.
The decision, published on April 24, 2025 by the National Post, has ignited a debate over the use of public funds for unnecessary and experimental procedures.
The case involves a resident identified as K.S., who was born male and requested the surgery in 2022.
According to the National Post article, K.S. does not fully identify at the feminine end of the…
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