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NEWS ABOUT: genital mutilation

genital mutilation stories: 5 news summaries
OPINION

CDC Must Stop Advocating Circumcision

Male procedure just as backward as reviled female version

Sep 29, 09 2:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Virtually everyone in the Western world seems to agree that female circumcision is horrible. It greatly reduces sexual pleasure, violates individual autonomy, and provides no discernible health benefits. Well, all that is true of male circumcision, too, writes Ethan Epstein, yet the CDC is considering a plan to “promote... More »

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AIDS • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • female circumcision • genital mutilation • circumcision • female genital mutilation

 Scandinavia Battles 
 Genital Mutilation 

African, Middle Eastern immigrants arrested after mutilations abroad

Sep 19, 09 5:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Scandinavian countries are hitting perpetrators of genital mutilation with heavy fines and prison sentences, even when the act is committed in other countries, Global Post reports. African and Middle Eastern immigrants who take their daughters abroad for genital mutilations—which are considered normal and even necessary in some cultures—are... More »

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Africa • Norway • genital mutilation • female genital mutilation • Sweden • Denmark • Scandinavia

(Newser) - A Texas mother was sentenced to 99 years in prison last night for cutting off her infant son's genitals, an attack she blamed on the family's dog. Katherine Nadal, now 28, tested positive for cocaine, methadone, and Xanax the day after the mutilation. None of the baby's severed parts were... More »

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Texas • genital mutilation • castration • mother • prison sentence

(AP) - A 25-year-old Egyptian man cut off his own penis to spite his family after he was refused permission to marry a girl from a lower class family, police reported today. After unsuccessfully petitioning his father for 2 years to marry the girl, the man heated up a knife and sliced... More »

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Middle East • Egypt • genital mutilation • wedding

Egypt Outlaws Female Genital Mutilation

Loophole removed after 11-year-old girl dies during circumcision

Jun 28, 07 4:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - A legal loophole allowing girls to undergo genital cutting for "health reasons" has been eliminated in Egypt, strengthening an earlier ban. Seen as a rite of passage and a way to lessen sexual desire, the practice had been fairly widespread. But after a heavily sedated girl died during the... More »

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health • Egypt • sexual health • female circumcision • genital mutilation • safety • female genital mutilation • Grand Mufti

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