Sweedse kinderombudsman wil besnydenis verbied

besnyDie Ombudsman vir kinders in Swede het Saterdag besnydenis verbied, ‘n praktyk wat hulle meen die basiese regte van seuns oortree.

“Besnyding van ‘n kind sonder mediese regverdiging of sy toestemming oortree hierdie kind se menseregte,” het Fredrik Malmberg gesê. Mediese beroepslui was mede-ondertekenare van die verklaring wat gepubliseer is in die koerant Dagens Nyheter.

“Die operasie is pynlik, onomkeerbaar en kan lei tot ernstige komplikasies,“ Malmberg gesê.

In 2001 het Swede besnyding gewettig, wat ‘n godsdienstige gesag magtig om die operasie uit te voer indien die kind onder twee maande oud is. As die kind ouer as dit, kan slegs deur ‘n dokter uitgevoer word.

Die wet vereis ook die toestemming van die ouers en vereis dat hulle ten volle ingelig is oor die werking en die implikasies daarvan.

Die wet het voorheen steun in Swede geniet en ‘n voorstel in Oktober verlede jaar om besnyding te verbied deur ‘n regse party in Swede, is deur die linkse regering verwerp.

Volgens Malmberg oortree die wet die Verenigde Nasies se Konvensie oor die Regte van die Kind.

Die Sweedse regering sê dat sowat 3000 seuns elke jaar in Swede besny word.

In 2012, het ‘n hof in Köln, Duitsland, verklaar dat die ritueel ‘n ernstige liggaamsbesering is in ‘n uitspraak wat internasionale oproer veroorsaak het.

Die Duitse parlement later onder druk geswig en besluit om die praktyk vir godsdienstige redes toe te laat.

Studies het getoon dat manlike besnyding die risiko vir MIV-infeksie in mans met sowat 60 persent verminder.  – Sapa/AFP

28 thoughts on “Sweedse kinderombudsman wil besnydenis verbied”

  1. Ek is van mening dat hierdie tipe operasies in elkgeval deur ‘n dokter gedoen moet word.

    Dis hoekom so baie van die “reenboog-kinders” in Suid-Afrika dit nie gemaak het na hulle die inisiasie-skole bygewoon het nie.

    As mens nie rondslaap is daar weinig rede tot kommer om besmet te word met die virus.

  2. Dit lyk my ons het weer hier met algehele onkunde te make as ek die kommentare sien. Benewens die feit dat die rabbi die baba se voorvel afbyt en dit tot verskriklike mediese komplikasies ly weens die onhigiëniese toestand, kan enige spesialis jou vertel dat dit mans se sekslewe met 20 jaar verkort. Hoekom dink julle toon sekere gelowe sulke afwykende gedrag? Dit moet kompenseer vir die gebrek aan gevoel wat met mutilasie gepaard gaan. Besnyding is die eerste stap om aan die kind ‘n lewe van seksuele frustrasie te waarborg, waarna hy die frustrasie in geweld en perversie gaan stort. Dis agterlik en middeleeus.

      1. Zuma admits to getting the chop/May 17 2010 at 06:32am http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/zuma-admits-to-getting-the-chop-1.484132#.Ukg3XFOSmJI

        Having declared last month that he
        was HIV-negative, President Jacob Zuma has openly spoken about being
        circumcised, in the hope that other men will follow his example and
        reduce the risk of contracting the virus.

        In a frank interview with the New
        York Times on Friday, he said he had been circumcised “some time” ago
        and had encouraged his sons to undergo the procedure, which can reduce a
        man’s risk of contracting HIV by more than half.

        He hoped he would encourage other men to follow his lead by going public about his circumcision.

        “It has
        been my style that I don’t hide things. I thought it was important
        because that could help quite a few other people who, if I did not do
        it, would be hesitant and not knowing what to do,” he said.

        While those close to Zuma said
        they believed it was the first time the president had gone public about
        his circumcision, he had confirmed he was circumcised when questioned by
        his defence counsel Kemp J Kemp during his 2006 rape trial.

        The New York Times said that
        despite being the centre of the epidemic – with 5.7 million HIV-positive
        people, more than any other country – South Africa had lagged behind
        some other African nations in promoting circumcision and making it
        public, steps experts believe could help reduce the spread of new
        infections.

        Zuma was quoted as saying that he
        and KwaZulu-Natal Premier Zweli Mkhize had approached King Goodwill
        Zwelithini because they felt he should take the lead in the matter.

        Zwelithini
        issued a call in December to restore the tradition of circumcision –
        though performed medically rather than by traditional practitioners.

        The New York Times said Zuma had
        explained that since it was King Shaka who had stopped circumcisions
        many years ago, “it could only be another king who says ‘I’m now opening
        it’.”

        The president also told the
        newspaper that critics had wrongly assumed he had carelessly risked HIV
        infection in his extramarital relationship.

        He had told his own children that
        couples must openly discuss their HIV status to make informed choices.
        “That’s why, after the child was born, I tested negative,” he said. “And
        by the way, I did say it was my fourth time to test, which indicates
        I’ve been very careful.”

        He added: “Nobody’s ever asked me that. Everyone jumped to conclusions.”

        The president, who has three wives
        and a fiancée, also talked about his personal relationships with
        “startling directness” and laid out his belief that a polygamous
        marriage in which HIV was openly discussed was safer than a monogamous
        union in which a man had hidden mistresses.

        The newspaper quoted Jonny Steinberg, author of Sizwe’s Test, showing the deep stigma still associated with Aids in rural SA.

        “Everyone said we need a leader
        who can set an example. It just so happens we’ve thrown up a leader who
        makes a negative example, but it’s good enough. It’s started a
        conversation among ordinary people.”

        Zulu
        language and culture expert Mpumelelo Mbatha welcomed the president’s
        openness, saying circumcision promoted “cleanliness” of the male
        genitals.

  3. Ek kannie verstaan dat in Gen 17:11geskryf staan dat besnydenis ‘n verbond was wat later deur die doop vervang is.
    Was dit nie gedoen vir higiëniese gebruik omdat die Israelite in ‘n droër klimaat waar water aan die knap kant was gebly het nie?
    As dit medisinaal van aard is, natuurlik ja. Maar as dit godsdienstig van aard is, myns insiens nee. Tereg kan lei tot ernstige komplikasies.

  4. dit fenomeen van kindermishandeling(opzettelijk met geweld op het lichaam inwerken) is al in vele seculiere europese landen ethisch juridisch medisch aan de orde geweest.
    Naast het ‘slachten van dieren zonder verdoving’.
    Beide godsdienstige rituelen uit moslim en joodse hoek hebben tot nu een zo sterke ‘lobby’ die deze vrijheden de benodigde ruimte toestaat in (eens)christelijke landen.

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