its a good start but will they inforce it?

[Mistress Morigianna]

http://www.plannedparenthood.org/news-articles-press/politics-policy-issues/international-issues/international-roundup-july-2007-15520%20.htm

Egypt bans female genital cutting
Egypt’s health ministry announced a total ban on female genital cutting after many years of dialogue about the practice. The decision came after a 12-year-old girl died in late June undergoing a female circumcision, in which all or part of the clitoris is removed . Religious figures back the Egyptian government’s decision. A 2003 UNICEF survey found that 97 percent of married women in Egypt have undergone the procedure. With the implementation of the new law, doctors and others who perform the procedure risk criminal prosecution.


It is a good start but if it is familys who are doing this because of religion and tradition will they enforce it? Or will it be like "honor" killings that are let slide....

it is illigal here in the USA but still is done.

[Pansy Faye]

http://www.plannedparenthood.org/news-articles-press/politics-policy-issues/international-issues/international-roundup-july-2007-15520%20.htm

Egypt bans female genital cutting
Egypt’s health ministry announced a total ban on female genital cutting after many years of dialogue about the practice. The decision came after a 12-year-old girl died in late June undergoing a female circumcision, in which all or part of the clitoris is removed . Religious figures back the Egyptian government’s decision. A 2003 UNICEF survey found that 97 percent of married women in Egypt have undergone the procedure. With the implementation of the new law, doctors and others who perform the procedure risk criminal prosecution.


It is a good start but if it is familys who are doing this because of religion and tradition will they enforce it? Or will it be like "honor" killings that are let slide....

it is illigal here in the USA but still is done.

It could go the way of circumcision for Jewish babies. The Rabbi does it at a ceremony called a Bris. I sure hope this doesn't follow, while I am against male circumcision also, I can live with it a whole lot better than female circumcision - that's just barbaric! I'm glad that Egypt is finally coming around, now to move on into the other countries who also practice this horrific ritual.

[Peter Beer Slayer]

Egypt bans female genital cutting
It is a good start but if it is familys who are doing this because of religion and tradition will they enforce it? Or will it be like "honor" killings that are let slide....


Of all the Muslim countries Egypt and Mauritania are the two most likely to enforce a law against female circumcision.

[Lady Hefron]

It is a good start. I hope they do enforce it. Unfortunately...I think that it will be a long time before this practice goes away.