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The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), which essentially promotes female genital mutilation (FGM) and advocates for "federal and state laws [to] enable pediatricians to reach out to families by offering a 'ritual nick'," such as pricking or minor incisions of girls' clitorises.
Link is here.
A friend linked the above on their FB.
It is bloody shocking. From what I've seen the US obs/gyns and paeds are deeply misogynist .
Of course the rates of cicumcision in the US are far higher than in the UK so this decision may be influenced by religion.
Does anyone know for certain what the UK's medical college's stance on this is. Would hope that it would be 100% against any "compromise".
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US Paeds *compromise* on female genital mutilation
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tabouleh · 07/05/2010 15:43
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