A court in the Argentine city of Córdoba has ordered a private medical insurance company to fully and immediately cover a facial feminization surgery for an affiliate. The court ruled that the procedure is necessary to align her body with her perceived gender identity. According to the Argentine News Agency, the ruling was made in the context of a legal action filed by a young transgender woman. After starting hormone replacement therapy, she requested surgery to modify facial features that caused her gender dysphoria. The insurance company had denied coverage, arguing that the practice was not explicitly listed in the regulatory decree of the Gender Identity Law. However, the court dismissed this defense, establishing that the list of procedures in the regulation is 'merely enunciative and not exhaustive.' The ruling was based on medical and psychological reports indicating that body alignment served as a 'protective factor for emotional stability' for the plaintiff, thus ordering the full coverage of medical fees and sanatorium expenses.
