%0 Journal Article
%A Boxall, Susanna Flavia Boxall
%A Cox-White, Becky Cox-White
%D 2023
%J Journal of Controversial Ideas

%@ 2694-5991

%V 3
%N 1
%P 3

%T Sex Categories in Healthcare Contexts―A Consequentialist Analysis1
%M doi:10.35995/jci03010003
%U https://journalofcontroversialideas.org/article/3/1/234
%X We offer a consequentialist-based rejection of a recent argument claiming that patients should no longer be required to specify a sex category (i.e., mark “male” or “female”) on healthcare forms. The targeted argument—based on claims that non-binary and transgender patients experience negative consequences when asked to choose a sex category—fails because (1) no data are provided to support this claim; (2) the broader consequences of removing this information have not been considered; and (3) eliminating the sex category question is unlikely to solve the problems identified.