AG, Immigration Board Should ‘Affirm’ Rights Of Women Seeking Asylum considering Of Genital Cutting, Editorial Says

June 24th, 2008 | Category: Womens Health

The U.S. has “seldom been shy in lecturing others in the world about human rights abuses,” but “it has zigzagged amidst compassion and confusion in its handling of women seeking refuge from” female

genital cutting — additionally known as female genital mutilation and female circumcision — a New York Times editorial says.

Original post by Women’s Health / Gynecology News From Medical News Today

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