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04/28/2018 / By Ethan Huff

Democrats come out in support of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

All but two Democrats in the Maine House of Representatives reportedly voted down a legislative bill that would have outlawed a barbaric form of genital mutilation known as female circumcision. After letting the bill sit and almost expire, 72 Democrats decided on the last day of the legislative session to vote in favor of scrapping […]

08/24/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Female Genital Mutilation rampant across Muslim communities: 80% of women mutilated in the name of a “peaceful religion”

A survey from Canada recently showed that 80 percent of women who belong to the Islam sect of Dawoodi Bohra had their sexual organs mutilated, all in the name of a “peaceful religion”. Two of the study participants said these mutilations happened right in Canada. Earlier this 2017, in April, federal authorities brought to court […]

05/15/2017 / By Vicki Batts

UN advisor declared female genital mutilation is nothing more than “gender-egalitarian surgery”

Most people agree that female genital mutilation is an abhorrent and disturbing practice. In addition to being extremely painful, the practice serves no medical or health benefits, and often precipitates a host of other medical issues: Painful intercourse, difficulty urinating, cysts, infections, complications with childbirth — and even it bears an increased risk of infant […]

05/04/2017 / By Vicki Batts

NYT refuses to use the term “female genital mutilation” to describe female genital mutilation

When it comes to female genital mutilation, the general consensus is that the practice is a major violation of human rights — and in fact, is internationally recognized as such, according to the World Health Organization. More specifically, however, female genital mutilation (or FGM for short) is an issue of women’s rights, because as the […]

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