[Dean's World] Dean: Yet Another Reason To Hate Female Genital Mutilation

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Posted by Dean:
Yet Another Reason To Hate Female Genital Mutilation
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1149444194.shtml


   It [1]substantially raises risk of death of the mother and baby during
   pregnancy.

   That's the sort of thing that could be used to reason with religious
   traditionalists in the parts of Africa and sections of Asia that
   practice this.

References

   1. http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=Science&article=UPI-1-20060602-20382400-bc-britain-circumcision.xml