Medically Unnecessary Genital Cutting and the Rights of the Child: Moving Towards Consensus

The Brussels Collaboration on Bodily Integrity; Jasmine Abdulcadir; Peter Adler; Priscilla  Adler; Sophie Alexander; Diane Aurenque; Dina Bader; Hanoch Ben-Yami; Susan Bewley; Janice Boddy; Marjolein Van den Brink; Guy  Bronselaer; Hilary Burrage; Wim Ceelen; Claire Chambers; James Chegwidden; Gily Coene; Ronan Conroy; Hossein Dabbagh; Dena Davis; Angela Dawson; Johan Decryenaere; Wim Dekkers; Debra De Laet; Petra De Sutter; Gert Van Dijk; Elise Dubuc; Gerald Dworkin; Brian Earp; Mohamed Fahmy; Nuno Ferreira; Stephanie Florquin; Morten Frisch; Fae Garland; Ronald Goldman; Ellen Gruenbaum; Gretchen  Heinrichs; Debby Herbenick; Yuko Higashi; Calvin Ho; Piet Hoebeke; Matthew Johnson; Crista Johnson-Agbakwu; Saffron Karlsen; Daisik  Kim; Sharon King; Evelyne Komba; Cynthia  Kraus; Rebecca Kukla; Antony  Lempert; Tobe  Levin von Gleichen; Noni MacDonald; Claudia Merli; Ranit  Mishori; Kai  M€oller; Surya  Monro; Keymanthri  Moodley; Eric  Mortier; Stephen R.  Munzer; Timothy  Murphy; Jamie Lindemann Nelson; Daniel J.  Ncayiyana; Anton A.  van Niekerk; Sarah  O’Neill; Daisuke  Onuki; Cesar Palacios-Gonzalez; Myung-Geol  Pang; Charlotte R  Proudman; Fabienne  Richard; Janet  Radcliffe Richards; Elizabeth  Reis; Alexandre T.  Rotta; Robert  Rubens; Eldar  Sarajlic; Lauren  Sardi; Udo  Sch€uklenk; Arianne  Shahvisi; David  Shaw; Daniel  Sidler; Rebecca  Steinfeld; Sigrid  Sterckx; Steven  Svoboda; Godfrey B.  Tangwa; Michael  Thomson; Jet  Tigchelaar; Wim Van Biesen; Koenraad Vandewoude; Robert S.  Van Howe; Alla  Vash-Margita; Bilkis Vissandjee; Anna  Wahlberg; Nicole  Warren

doi:10.1080/15265161.2019.1643945

Medically Unnecessary Genital Cutting and the Rights of the Child: Moving Towards Consensus

The Brussels Collaboration on Bodily Integrity , Jasmine Abdulcadir, Peter Adler, Priscilla Adler, Sophie Alexander, Diane Aurenque, Dina Bader, Hanoch Ben-Yami, Susan Bewley, Janice Boddy, Marjolein Van den Brink , Guy Bronselaer, Hilary Burrage, Wim Ceelen, Claire Chambers, James Chegwidden, Gily Coene, Ronan Conroy, Hossein Dabbagh, Dena DavisAngela Dawson, Johan Decryenaere, Wim Dekkers, Debra De Laet, Petra De Sutter, Gert Van Dijk , Elise Dubuc, Gerald Dworkin, Brian Earp, Mohamed Fahmy, Nuno Ferreira, Stephanie Florquin, Morten Frisch, Fae Garland, Ronald Goldman, Ellen Gruenbaum, Gretchen Heinrichs, Debby Herbenick, Yuko Higashi, Calvin Ho, Piet Hoebeke, Matthew Johnson, Crista Johnson-Agbakwu, Saffron Karlsen, Daisik Kim, Sharon King , Evelyne Komba, Cynthia Kraus, Rebecca Kukla, Antony Lempert, Tobe Levin von Gleichen, Noni MacDonald, Claudia Merli, Ranit Mishori, Kai M€oller, Surya Monro, Keymanthri Moodley, Eric Mortier, Stephen R. Munzer, Timothy Murphy, Jamie Lindemann Nelson, Daniel J. Ncayiyana, Anton A. van Niekerk, Sarah O’Neill, Daisuke Onuki, Cesar Palacios-Gonzalez, Myung-Geol Pang, Charlotte R Proudman, Fabienne Richard, Janet Radcliffe Richards, Elizabeth Reis, Alexandre T. Rotta, Robert Rubens, Eldar Sarajlic, Lauren Sardi, Udo Sch€uklenk, Arianne Shahvisi, David Shaw, Daniel Sidler, Rebecca Steinfeld, Sigrid Sterckx, Steven Svoboda, Godfrey B. Tangwa, Michael Thomson, Jet Tigchelaar, Wim Van Biesen, Koenraad Vandewoude, Robert S. Van Howe, Alla Vash-Margita, Bilkis Vissandjee, Anna Wahlberg, Nicole Warren

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	17-28
Number of pages	12
Journal	The American Journal of Bioethics
Volume	19
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2019.1643945
Publication status	Published - 26 Sep 2019

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The Brussels Collaboration on Bodily Integrity , Abdulcadir, J., Adler, P., Adler, P., Alexander, S., Aurenque, D., Bader, D., Ben-Yami, H., Bewley, S., Boddy, J., Van den Brink , M., Bronselaer, G., Burrage, H., Ceelen, W., Chambers, C., Chegwidden, J., Coene, G., Conroy, R., Dabbagh, H., ... Warren, N. (2019). Medically Unnecessary Genital Cutting and the Rights of the Child: Moving Towards Consensus. The American Journal of Bioethics, 19(10), 17-28. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2019.1643945

The Brussels Collaboration on Bodily Integrity ; Abdulcadir, Jasmine ; Adler, Peter ; Adler, Priscilla ; Alexander, Sophie ; Aurenque, Diane ; Bader, Dina ; Ben-Yami, Hanoch ; Bewley, Susan ; Boddy, Janice ; Van den Brink , Marjolein ; Bronselaer, Guy ; Burrage, Hilary ; Ceelen, Wim ; Chambers, Claire ; Chegwidden, James ; Coene, Gily ; Conroy, Ronan ; Dabbagh, Hossein ; Davis, Dena ; Dawson, Angela ; Decryenaere, Johan ; Dekkers, Wim ; De Laet, Debra ; De Sutter, Petra ; Van Dijk , Gert ; Dubuc, Elise ; Dworkin, Gerald ; Earp, Brian ; Fahmy, Mohamed ; Ferreira, Nuno ; Florquin, Stephanie ; Frisch, Morten ; Garland, Fae ; Goldman, Ronald ; Gruenbaum, Ellen ; Heinrichs, Gretchen ; Herbenick, Debby ; Higashi, Yuko ; Ho, Calvin ; Hoebeke, Piet ; Johnson, Matthew ; Johnson-Agbakwu, Crista ; Karlsen, Saffron ; Kim, Daisik ; King , Sharon ; Komba, Evelyne ; Kraus, Cynthia ; Kukla, Rebecca ; Lempert, Antony ; Levin von Gleichen, Tobe ; MacDonald, Noni ; Merli, Claudia ; Mishori, Ranit ; M€oller, Kai ; Monro, Surya ; Moodley, Keymanthri ; Mortier, Eric ; Munzer, Stephen R. ; Murphy, Timothy ; Lindemann Nelson, Jamie ; Ncayiyana, Daniel J. ; van Niekerk, Anton A. ; O’Neill, Sarah ; Onuki, Daisuke ; Palacios-Gonzalez, Cesar ; Pang, Myung-Geol ; Proudman, Charlotte R ; Richard, Fabienne ; Radcliffe Richards, Janet ; Reis, Elizabeth ; Rotta, Alexandre T. ; Rubens, Robert ; Sarajlic, Eldar ; Sardi, Lauren ; Sch€uklenk, Udo ; Shahvisi, Arianne ; Shaw, David ; Sidler, Daniel ; Steinfeld, Rebecca ; Sterckx, Sigrid ; Svoboda, Steven ; Tangwa, Godfrey B. ; Thomson, Michael ; Tigchelaar, Jet ; Van Biesen, Wim ; Vandewoude, Koenraad ; Van Howe, Robert S. ; Vash-Margita, Alla ; Vissandjee, Bilkis ; Wahlberg, Anna ; Warren, Nicole . / Medically Unnecessary Genital Cutting and the Rights of the Child: Moving Towards Consensus. In: The American Journal of Bioethics. 2019 ; Vol. 19, No. 10. pp. 17-28.

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Medically Unnecessary Genital Cutting and the Rights of the Child: Moving Towards Consensus

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