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Egypt outlaws all female circumcision
Filed under: Health & Safety: Babies, Media
I am not well versed in the subject of female circumcision, probably because it rates near the bottom of the rankings of "things I wish to read about." I thought, naively, that the act had been abolished years ago around the world and was mostly done under shady and illegal circumstance.
Then I read this article which states that Egypt (Egypt: the political and cultural centre of the Middle East) and learned that female circumcision only became illegal yesterday.
I say kudos to Health Minister Hatem al-Gabali for banning every doctor in the country from performing a clidorectomy -- with promises of punishment to any practitioner who performs the procedure from now on. According to the article, 97% of Egypt's women had been circumcised as of 2000. Scary.
Here's too a brighter, less painful future for Egypt's new baby girls.
Then I read this article which states that Egypt (Egypt: the political and cultural centre of the Middle East) and learned that female circumcision only became illegal yesterday.
I say kudos to Health Minister Hatem al-Gabali for banning every doctor in the country from performing a clidorectomy -- with promises of punishment to any practitioner who performs the procedure from now on. According to the article, 97% of Egypt's women had been circumcised as of 2000. Scary.
Here's too a brighter, less painful future for Egypt's new baby girls.
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 1)
6-29-2007 @ 10:26AM
Caelligh said...97%? If it was that prevalent just seven years ago, they'll probably have a pretty hard time stopping it - unless they bring a serious crack-down. The pessimist in me says that won't happen. Here's hoping otherwise!
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6-29-2007 @ 3:38PM
Ann Adams said...I'm sure it won't stop overnight. Cultural habits can be very hard to break.
The law, however, is a good start.
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