An article denouncing the practice of routinely cutting the perineum during hospital deliveries in the United States with abstracts for related studies.
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A page of citations from the medical literature that
generally demonstrate that the routine practice of cutting the vaginal opening of
women in labor is unnecessary, causes the tearing it is meant to prevent,
and leads to severe complications.
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Episiotomy: Ritual Genital Mutilation in Western Obstetrics
The practice of routinely cutting the perineum during hospital
deliveries in the United States, episiotomy, has been shown
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