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Created page with "Many intactivists are concerned with the process of birth, and consider the routine use of episiotomies by American OB/Gyns, particularly when performed against the wishes of..."
Many intactivists are concerned with the process of birth, and consider the routine use of episiotomies by American OB/Gyns, particularly when performed against the wishes of the mother or when consent is obtained by intimidation, as a form of genital mutilation and violence against a mother in a moment of vulnerability.
Reports of forced episiotomies and aggressive coercion to obtain consent for episiotomy exist, but only recently there has been [http://intactwiki.org/wiki/Category:Litigation_over_forced_episiotomy litigation over this procedure].
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* [http://class.birthbootcamp.com/celestekalcich/?p=123 My episiotomy made me an intactivist]
* [http://www.changesurfer.com/Hlth/episiotomy.html Episiotomy: Ritual Genital Mutilation in Western Obstetrics]
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Reports of forced episiotomies and aggressive coercion to obtain consent for episiotomy exist, but only recently there has been [http://intactwiki.org/wiki/Category:Litigation_over_forced_episiotomy litigation over this procedure].
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* [http://class.birthbootcamp.com/celestekalcich/?p=123 My episiotomy made me an intactivist]
* [http://www.changesurfer.com/Hlth/episiotomy.html Episiotomy: Ritual Genital Mutilation in Western Obstetrics]
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