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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group

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To: one_less who wrote (218512)2/14/2007 7:32:18 PM
From: Proud_Infidel  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 
The practise is spreading and needs to be publicised you peabrain. It is truly pathetic and quite honestly astonishing, that the dissemination of information in your mind is tantamount to bigotry.

Medical clinics used for genital mutilation
The Daily Telegraph (Australia) ^ | 2/6/07

news.com.au

MORE parents are turning to medical clinics to perform genital mutilation, wrongly assuming that it spares girls physical and psychological damage, a UN agency warned today.

The trend has been spotted in Egypt, Kenya, Somalia, Djibouti and Yemen, according to demographic surveys and patient reports, the UN Population Fund said.

This tendency arises from increased awareness of the health risks associated with the practice,'' the fund's executive director, Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, said.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ....
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