Shallishanti I would wholeheartedly support medical checks on children (and adults if necessary) and would be happy for me or my daughter to undergo an examination to make sure all is well in our bodies and to protect the bodies (and especially the private parts) of vulnerable children.
If these examinations detected children who were at risk or abuse of any sort this would be a good thing.
We knew for a fact children may find it hard to report any sort of abuse so by examining children?s bodies (including weighing them etc and checking private parts as part of a medical examination) society may well uncover all sorts of abuse and act on it quicker to save children.
Of course our private parts are just that, private, and it can be embarrassing to have them examined but as adult women we freely 'submit' to a smear or pap test many times in our lives and hopefully we would encourage our daughters (and sons) to go to the doctor for any medical concern.
Regular compulsory medical checks on children might uncover sexual abuse, FGM, other abuse, medical problems etc and might give children a chance to ask a doctor confidential questions e.g. Is everything normal because my penis is small, my arms are chubby, my legs are skinny etc! Children may have concerns and seeing a medical person where they can talk about their body etc might be very helpful.
It depends how children are told about it, if parents say ?This will be scary/you will be embarrassed etc.? Or ?This will be helpful; the person is a qualified medical person and can help if you are worried about anything.? They may feel fine. Little kids regularly undress at the beach or pool etc with no hint of embarrassment! As they get older they do feel ?private? rightly, but we would never want them to feel that a medical person could not see them or that could lead to fear of doctors and hospitals etc and fear of showing themselves to doctors!
Let?s be realistic, nowadays people (some people) go to a doctor on TV, they put their bums, boobs and bodies on display on ?Embarrassing bodies? and are not embarrassed! So if we teach kids from a young age bodies are not actually embarrassing and nothing is so awful you should feel you can?t tell a medially trained person and show them. How hopeful would that be!
If parent knew that their children would be regularly (could be annually or even only a few keys stages in life) examined and would have the chance to speak to a medical person, then if parents were abusing children sexually or in any way, including thinking of inflicting FGM on them, they would know this would be uncovered. Once abuse was uncovered it would not be the job of the child to report it but of the medical profession to take over and do what is necessary.
There are cultural consideration about FGM, it is not an Islamic practice but it has been adopted in some countries and places and those communities need good education which states clearly the medical facts of FGM and the legal obligation parents have to protect their children from this form of abuse. Getting mosque or communities on board to promote the law in this country and the medical facts about FGM would be very helpful.