Readers Blog: Genital mutilation is not ‘female circumcision’

It is disgraceful that RTÉ’s Prime Time and The Irish Times gave platforms to an apologist for the barbaric practice of female genital mutilation (FGM).

Readers Blog: Genital mutilation is not ‘female circumcision’
Wed, 14 Feb, 2018 - 00:00

It is disgraceful that RTÉ’s Prime Time and The Irish Times gave platforms to an apologist for the barbaric practice of female genital mutilation (FGM).

The euphemism used for the mutilation of a girl was “female circumcision” and an argument was made that it was sometimes necessary.

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