20/33 Why isn’t the testimony of even one man who resents having #circumcision forced on him as a child enough to end it? What argument can be made to support the nontherapeutic cutting of infants’ genitals in the face of that testimony? #i2 #AAP18 #tweetiatrician #meded #ethics
1/5 If you'd read the article I sent you, you'd see FGM denotes a wide range of conduct. You've described only the most severe type. The pinprick of female genitals which is the subject of the pending MI criminal case is less invasive & less extensive than male circumcision...
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2/5 which the latest data shows to have an 11.5% complication rate. Boys can die from it too. A pinprick of female genitals "is often done by trained clinicians in the communities where it is common. Long-term adverse health consequences are believed to be rare."
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@WHO defines it as FGM. Some women subjected to this cutting, just like some cut men, "insist that they didn't mind, and are proud of being cut" in part b/c they, like some cut men, consider it to be religiously required. "Moreover, at least two studies by... - 3 more replies
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