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| Region | Norway |
| Issue | Gender-affirming care |
| Status | Legal |
| Start Date | 1996 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Since Norway adopted the ICD-10 classification, which contains codes for diagnosing transsexualism in adulthood and childhood in 1996, trans people have the right to access gender-affirming care through the country's public healthcare system if they are over the age of 16 and have a physician's letter proving that they're transgender. Teens are given the right to puberty blockers after puberty has started. Treatment is not offered to non-binary patients. Surgeries are not recommended under 18, but some can get top surgery. |
| Sources | https://tidsskriftet.no/en/2017/11/kronikk/trans-people-are-being-let-down-health-service https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/06/us-europe-transgender-care-00119106 https://tidsskriftet.no/en/2023/06/perspecives/what-constitutes-medically-professional-responsibility-and-diligent-care-children-and |
| Federal Law | Yes |
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| Description | Probably since Norway adopted the ICD-10 classification, which contains codes for diagnosing transsexualism in adulthood and childhood in 1996, trans people have the right to access gender-affirming care through the country's public health system if they are above the age of 16 and have a psychiatric diagnosis. Teens are given the right to puberty blockers after puberty has started. Treatment is not offered to non-binary patients. Surgeries are not recommended under 18, but some can get top surgery. | Since Norway adopted the ICD-10 classification, which contains codes for diagnosing transsexualism in adulthood and childhood in 1996, trans people have the right to access gender-affirming care through the country's public healthcare system if they are over the age of 16 and have a physician's letter proving that they're transgender. Teens are given the right to puberty blockers after puberty has started. Treatment is not offered to non-binary patients. Surgeries are not recommended under 18, but some can get top surgery. |
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edited by br0okklyn. Status and description were not accurate, including misinformation in it. The added articles themselves said otherwise
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| Value | Legal, but restricted for minors | Legal |
| Start Date | Mar 9, 2023 | 1996 |
| Description | Starting in March 2023, Norway began tightly restricting gender affirming care for minors citing the "uncertainty" and "lack of comprehensible research" in the field of gender affirming care for minors, contrary to scientific consensus and most studies' findings. | Probably since Norway adopted the ICD-10 classification, which contains codes for diagnosing transsexualism in adulthood and childhood in 1996, trans people have the right to access gender-affirming care through the country's public health system if they are above the age of 16 and have a psychiatric diagnosis. Teens are given the right to puberty blockers after puberty has started. Treatment is not offered to non-binary patients. Surgeries are not recommended under 18, but some can get top surgery. |
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| Federal Law | No | Yes |
| Sources | https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/gender-affirming-care-europe https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2023/04/gender-affirming-care-debate-europe-dutch-protocol/673890/ https://ukom.no/rapporter/pasientsikkerhet-for-barn-og-unge-med-kjonnsinkongruens/sammendrag | https://tidsskriftet.no/en/2017/11/kronikk/trans-people-are-being-let-down-health-service https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/06/us-europe-transgender-care-00119106 https://tidsskriftet.no/en/2023/06/perspecives/what-constitutes-medically-professional-responsibility-and-diligent-care-children-and |
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edited by br0okklyn. status and description were not accurate, including misinformation in it. The added articles themselves said otherwise
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| Value | Legal | Legal, but restricted for minors |
| Start Date | 1996 | Mar 9, 2023 |
| Description | In 1996, Norway adopted the ICD-10 classification, which contains codes for diagnosing transsexualism in adulthood and childhood, which authorize the initiation of medical transition. | Starting in March 2023, Norway began tightly restricting gender affirming care for minors citing the "uncertainty" and "lack of comprehensible research" in the field of gender affirming care for minors, contrary to scientific consensus and most studies' findings. |
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| Sources | https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/icd-code-version-used-to-classify-causes-of-death?time=earliest | https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/gender-affirming-care-europe https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2023/04/gender-affirming-care-debate-europe-dutch-protocol/673890/ https://ukom.no/rapporter/pasientsikkerhet-for-barn-og-unge-med-kjonnsinkongruens/sammendrag |
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| Original entry | |
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| Status | Legal |
| Start Date | 1996 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | In 1996, Norway adopted the ICD-10 classification, which contains codes for diagnosing transsexualism in adulthood and childhood, which authorize the initiation of medical transition. |
| Sources | https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/icd-code-version-used-to-classify-causes-of-death?time=earliest |