Dev World Bioeth. 2017;17(2):134–140. Punishment of Minor Female Genital Ritual Procedures: Is the Perfect the Enemy of the Good? Jacobs AJ, Arora KS ABSTRACT Female genital alteration (FGA) is any cutting, removal or destruction of any part of the external female genitalia. Various FGA practices are common throughout the world. While most frequent in AfricaContinue reading “Punishment of Minor Female Genital Ritual Procedures: Is the Perfect the Enemy of the Good?”
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Reconciling female genital circumcision with universal human rights
Dev World Bioeth. 2017 Sep 18. doi: 10.1111/dewb.12173. [Epub ahead of print] Reconciling female genital circumcision with universal human rights Gordon JS ABSTRACT One of the most challenging issues in cross-cultural bioethics concerns the long-standing socio-cultural practice of female genital circumcision (FGC), which is prevalent in many African countries and the Middle East as wellContinue reading “Reconciling female genital circumcision with universal human rights”
Between Moral Relativism and Moral Hypocrisy: Reframing the Debate on “FGM”
Kennedy Inst Ethics J. 2016 Jun;26(2):105-44. doi: 10.1353/ken.2016.0009. Between Moral Relativism and Moral Hypocrisy: Reframing the Debate on “FGM” Earp BD ABSTRACT The spectrum of practices termed “Female Genital Mutilation” (or FGM) by the World Health Organization is sometimes held up as a counterexample to moral relativism. Those who advance this line of thought suggestContinue reading “Between Moral Relativism and Moral Hypocrisy: Reframing the Debate on “FGM””
Do the Benefits of Male Circumcision Outweigh the Risks? A Critique of the Proposed CDC Guidelines
Front Pediatr. 2015 Mar 18;3:18. doi: 10.3389/fped.2015.00018. eCollection 2015. Do the Benefits of Male Circumcision Outweigh the Risks? A Critique of the Proposed CDC Guidelines Earp BD ABSTRACT The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have announced a set of provisional guidelines concerning male circumcision, in which they suggest that the benefits of theContinue reading “Do the Benefits of Male Circumcision Outweigh the Risks? A Critique of the Proposed CDC Guidelines”
Ethical concerns in female genital cutting.
Afr J Reprod Health. 2008 Apr;12(1):7-16. Ethical concerns in female genital cutting. [Article in English, French] Cook RJ. EXTRACT Un souci éthique initial consiste à savoir comment appeler au juste ce que l’organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS) a décrit comme: Toutes les procédures qui impliquent l’enlèvement partiel ou complet des organes génitaux externes deContinue reading “Ethical concerns in female genital cutting.”
A Tradition in Transition: Factors Perpetuating and Hindering the Continuance of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) Summarized in a Systematic Review
Health Care for Women International. DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2012.721417. Accepted author version posted online: 04 Sep 2012 A Tradition in Transition: Factors Perpetuating and Hindering the Continuance of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) Summarized in a Systematic Review Rigmor C. Berg & Eva Denison ABSTRACT Understanding the forces underpinning FGM/C is a necessary first step to prevent the continuation of a practice thatContinue reading “A Tradition in Transition: Factors Perpetuating and Hindering the Continuance of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) Summarized in a Systematic Review”
Special commentary on the issue of reinfibulation
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. 2010 May;109(2):97-99 Special commentary on the issue of reinfibulation Cook RJ, Dickens BM Faculty of Law, Faculty of Medicine and Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada ABSTRACT Policy on reinfibulation exposes the interface between individual or micro-ethics and population-wide or macro-ethics. If, following childbirth, an infibulatedContinue reading “Special commentary on the issue of reinfibulation”
Should female genital cosmetic surgery and genital piercing be regarded ethically and legally as female genital mutilation?
BJOG 2012;119:389–392. Should female genital cosmetic surgery and genital piercing be regarded ethically and legally as female genital mutilation? Kelly B, Foster C. Nuffield Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Oxford University, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK. brenda.kelly@obs-gyn.ox.ac.uk No abstract is available for this article. This article can be purchased in this LINK
Some Ethical Considerations Regarding Medicalization of Female Genital Mutilation/cutting (Female Circumcision)
rev.latinoam.bioet. vol.8 no.1 Bogotá Jan./June 2008 Some Ethical Considerations Regarding Medicalization of Female Genital Mutilation/cutting (Female Circumcision) Ahmed R. A. Ragab Médico Gineco-Obstetra con Maestría en Bioética. Profesor de investigación de la salud reproductiva aplicada de la Universidad de Al-zhar (El Cairo, Egipto). Email: arragab@yahoo.com ABSTRACT According to each society’s condition the ethical attitude of the individual may be coloredContinue reading “Some Ethical Considerations Regarding Medicalization of Female Genital Mutilation/cutting (Female Circumcision)”
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