Female circumcision still happens in Britain

Sadly in many cases of FGM it is women who inflict this practice on their daughters, women who have suffered FGM themselves but believe it is culturally necessary. They believe a girl will be shunned by her community and unable to marry (something that is considered to be of utmost importance) if this practice is not carried out. Education, support and help are needed to change this attitude and prevent such atrocities from happening. Not sending mothers away from their daughters. I am pleased to see that the NHS is finally stepping up and trying to help.

A truly horrid practice, I feel sorry for people whose culture have made such a radical practice common place.

It is nice to see that socialised healthcare is actually being used. The NHS is something we Brits should be proud of.

While attending 12th grade at a private school, we had a project in my Religion class which was to choose three major issues in the world, research it and start doing something about it... One of the topics that i chose was Female Genital Mutilation... It's sad to see that it still goes on in some cultures, but at the same time people have their beliefs that have stemmed from practices long ago, but it is up to us as a society to help educate these people that female mutilation isn't healthy, and the complications it can cause...

Nettle

Removing foreskin is different from removing the clitoris or taking broken glass and mutilating it. But honestly I don't think parents should be able to make that decision for the child. Ask a grown women if she wants her genitals to be carved up like a Jack O' lantern and I'm sure she'd tell you to find a bridge. These operations are mostly unnecessary and are based in cultural and religious non-sense. Foreskins should be left intact and then later when the person is old enough, they should be given the option. Most European men are not circumcised but a lot of Americans are. When you remove the foreskin you remove receptor cells that make sex feel differently. Circumcised men will never feel these sensations because they have had their nerve cells surgically removed. If tomorrow they offered to remove the scrotum of a child or the meatus (head of a penis), would you be ok with that? What about the pinky toe, some say that it has not use. What about some vestigial organs. These invasive operations are done before the child can make the decisions themselves, thus these life altering decisions are made by individuals that may or may not have the best interest of the child. If it is that culturally imperative for these people to have the procedure, then allow it to be done at the age of 18 when they are legal adults and can make sound decisions for themselves.

I'm glad that NHS is getting involved and hopefully this will go from being a statistic to being erased.

That's gotta suck!

OMG, is it 2009? I agree with Evoleon, deport them, and save the precious children...

Wowo no wonder these people can't keep their countries together. They still hold dear the mutilation of their children. What is wrong them? It may be my cultural bias but carving up my daughters genitals seems a bit cruel. Yes we should make exceptions for people like this. How dare we try to change people's culture? Honor killing, baby rape, genocide, and slavery, but hey we are wrong to try and change people right? Women don't have the right to wear clothing that they want; now let's make sure they don't enjoy sex! What meaningful contributions to society can these people bring when they still believe women are property and not other human beings. I say if they practice this then send them back to whatever prehistoric cesspit they come from and keep their children to be raised in a environment that values women.