Female Genital Mutilation

AAP Opposes Female Genital Mutilation

Published in Women's Health Weekly, July 6th, 1998

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) opposes any form of female genital mutilation and recommends that pediatricians dissuade families from having the ritualistic procedure performed on their daughters.

This is according to a policy statement appearing in the July 1998 issue of Pediatrics, the journal of the AAP.

Female genital mutilation is a procedure in which the female genitalia are cut or altered to ensure virginity and presumably make her more desirable for marriage in some cultures. It is most often performed as a cultural ritual in Africa and small communities in the Middle East and Asia in non-sterile, unsafe conditions. It is...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (1998-07-06)

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