Sauer Pieter J J, Neubauer David
Beatrix Children Hospital/UMCG, PO BOX 30.001, 9700 RB, Groningen, The Netherlands,
Eur J Pediatr. 2014 Feb;173(2):237-8. doi: 10.1007/s00431-013-2126-0. Epub 2013 Aug 28.
Female genital mutilation or female circumcision is frequently performed worldwide. It is estimated by the World Health Organisation that worldwide, 100-140 million girls and women currently have to live with the consequences of female genital mutilation. The article argues that the tradition is one of the causes, while another four possible reasons for undergoing such cruel mutilation of young girls exist. Today, there exists a classification of at least four different ways of such mutilation which has no health benefits, and it harms girls and women in many ways. Long-term consequences like recurrent urinary tract infections, dysmenorrhea, sexual problems, infertility and complications both for the mother and infant at delivery are mentioned. Female genital mutilation is a violation of the fundamental human rights, as well as a savage breach of the integrity and personality.
The European Academy of Paediatrics advises its members to initiate appropriate counselling for parents and female adolescents regarding the risk of female genital mutilation and strongly condemns female genital mutilation and councils its members not to perform such procedures.
女性生殖器切割或女性割礼在全球范围内频繁施行。据世界卫生组织估计，全球目前有1亿至1.4亿女孩和妇女不得不承受女性生殖器切割带来的后果。文章认为这种传统是原因之一，同时还存在另外四个致使年轻女孩遭受如此残忍切割的可能原因。如今，至少有四种不同的切割方式分类，这些方式并无健康益处，且在诸多方面对女孩和妇女造成伤害。文中提到了诸如复发性尿路感染、痛经、性问题、不孕以及分娩时母亲和婴儿出现并发症等长期后果。女性生殖器切割是对基本人权的侵犯，也是对身体完整性和人格的野蛮破坏。
欧洲儿科学会建议其成员就女性生殖器切割的风险为家长和青春期女性提供适当咨询，并强烈谴责女性生殖器切割行为，同时建议其成员不要施行此类手术。
