Genital Mutilation...Where there's a will there's a way.

Parents fly in African village elders to circumcise their young daughters

HUNDREDS of young girls in Britain are suffering genital mutilation at the hands of women paid to come to Britain by their families. African immigrants are clubbing together to pay for practitioners to fly to Britain and circumcise their daughters in highly secretive rituals.

There ought to be a law... Well, there is - but...

In Britain, female circumcision — or female genital mutilation (FGM) — is illegal, and carries a maximum sentence of 14 years’ imprisonment. The penalty has, however, failed to halt the practice, with thousands of young girls taken abroad each year for that purpose. There has never been a prosecution, although it has been an offence since 1985 with the introduction of the FGM Act. Since 2003, taking a child to another country to have it done has also been an offence.

This makes the goofy movie they showed you in sixth grade seem kind of lightweight doesn't it?

Detective Inspector Carol Hamilton, an expert in the field, said: “One primary school child was overheard telling her friends that she was going to be taken to her home country and there would be a party, a ceremony, because she was becoming a woman. Police and social services visited the girl’s home. They said they were not stopping the family from going away, but wanted the parents to know that FGM was against the law, that their daughter would be monitored on her return, and they could be arrested if she had had it done. “This particular family didn’t know that it was against the law and took the advice fully on board — many people still think it’s OK if you go abroad.”

Okay, that's the problem right there. Hey fools - it's never 'OK' - got it? And here's why:

The procedure is highly dangerous and leaves many of its victims with health problems throughout their lives. Infections and cysts are commonplace, as are complications during childbirth, endangering both mother and baby. Women who have suffered genital mutilation are twice as likely to die in childbirth and three times as likely to give birth to a stillborn child.

Sheesh. The silence of our "feminist" sisters is deafening on this issue. Why am I not surprised? Oh, that's right. I forgot, they are too busy killing unborn babies and hating George Bush.

Bonus points: Have you noticed how Mavis Leno has shut up about the women of Afghanistan since George Bush got in office and the Coalition of the Willing went to town on the Taliban? Same goes for Christiane Amanpour - I guess she is too busy chatting up the insurgents for video clips of our soldiers being killed to work on stuff like this.

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Cheers - Dinah