The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' 2023 doctrinal note titled "Moral Limits to the Technological Manipulation of the Human Body" states that Catholic health care services must not perform surgical or chemical interventions intended to transform a human body's sexual characteristics into those of the opposite sex or participate in developing such procedures.
January 01, 2023
high
temporal
Formal doctrinal guidance from the U.S. bishops on permissible medical interventions relating to sex characteristics.