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Trans Teen

A 16-year-old whose parents spent nearly $59,000 out of pocket on a vaginoplasty — giving the trans teen a vagina — is now suing New York under the state's Human Rights Law, calling it arbitrary that insurance regulations limit coverage for such procedures to adults 18 and older.

ALBANY, N.Y. — A 16-year-old whose parents spent nearly $59,000 out of pocket on a vaginoplasty — giving the trans teen a vagina — is now suing New York under the state's Human Rights Law, calling it arbitrary that insurance regulations limit coverage for such procedures to adults 18 and older.

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