Ugandan Bill Would Outlaw Female Mutilation


	Ugandan Bill Would Outlaw Female Mutilation

tommy2balmy

12-12-2008 2:33 AM

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uganda, female circumcision, fgm, fgm ban

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Medical doctors say FGM is a leading cause of maternal health complications like child mortality rate and deaths during pregnancies because the parts of the cervix will have been endangered during the mutilation. In the last five years along, there have been almost 500 deaths resulting from FGM.

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12-12-2008 12:57 PM

powerof2

But hacking each other to death is OK.

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