2003
Egypt forbids sex-change operations except committee-approved correction for conditions where a baby’s sex development didn’t follow the usual path (DSD).
What the law allows
Medical care for minorsRestricted
Restricted: MoH Res. 238/2003 Art. 43 is a medical-ethics rule forbidding sex-change operations; syndicate-approved sex-correction for disorders of sex development (DSD) only. Not a parliamentary statute.
Egyptian Health Council — Ethics charter (Art. 43)
Key dates2003
2003: Restricted: MoH Res. 238/2003 Art. 43 is a medical-ethics rule forbidding sex-change operations; syndicate-approved sex-correction for disorders of sex development (DSD) only. Not a parliamentary statute.
Egyptian Health Council — Ethics charter (Art. 43)
Official sources
Africa. Sex-change operations forbidden; committee-approved correction only for conditions where a baby’s sex development didn’t follow the usual path (DSD).
Full official record
Egypt’s Code of Medical Ethics (Ministry of Health / Medical Syndicate Resolution 238 of 2003, Article 43) forbids a physician from performing sex-change operations. Sex-correction operations need syndicate-committee approval after hormone tests, a chromosome map, and at least two years of psychological and hormonal treatment. That pathway is for conditions where a baby’s sex development didn’t follow the usual path (DSD). It is not a sex-rejecting-procedure pathway.