Quoting justanothamotha:" They made female infant circ illegal in the late 90's & look at what hell broke out after that."

And what countries was that a routine procedure in? I never even knew of female circumcision until high school/college. So where was it a common practice?

Quoting mamaluvsher4babies:" well said..however I do think that if it was to become illegal that people will do back allies. Just ... [snip!] ... cookies,candy , soda, sugary juices is abuse also then. Putting bad things iin their bodies they don't need or asked for."

Just because something is done in back allies once it is illegal does not mean that it should be legal.... in the case of taking away human rights from someone. Of course things that should never be inflicted on other people will be acts committed in secrecy. I think the back alley defense works in cases of abortion, where the individual is exercising their personal right to do with their body as they please... but it just doesn't fly here.

To me that is like saying that beating a child shouldn't be illegal because then they'll do it in back allies. Some people truly believe that it is their religious right to beat the hell out of their child.... Should we let them?

Quoting Sarah Bare-ah♡:" And what countries was that a routine procedure in? I never even knew of female circumcision until high school/college. So where was it a common practice?"

It was never "routine" but not due to lack of trying:

"The same reasons that apply for the circumcision of males are generally valid when considered for the female." [Circumcision of the Female. General Practioner, Vol. 18 No. 3, September 1958, pp. 98-99]
http://www.noharmm.org/circumfemale.htm
"If the husband is unusually awkward or difficult to educate, one should at times make the clitoris easier to find[by amputating the clitoral hood]." [Female Circumcision: Indications and a New Technique General Practioner, Vol. 20, No. 3, September 1959, pp. 115-120]
http://www.noharmm.org/femcirctech.htm

and it was covered under Blue Cross Medical for ANY reason until the late 70's...and totally legal to do it.

Quoting ♥ laura-marie + 1:" what do they use foreskins in makeup for???!!?!?!?!"

Anti aging cream.

Namely Opera's

but it is in a lot of others too

Quoting Sarah Bare-ah♡:" And what countries was that a routine procedure in? I never even knew of female circumcision until high school/college. So where was it a common practice?"

In 2010 the AAP actually tried to start a petition to rewrite the law to allow for a clitoral nick of infant girls.

The public outrage was so incredibly that they dropped it after a week. Just a nick, like taking a pin and poking a hole to get a drop of blood. and people were more outraged over that then removal of the ENTIRE sexual organ, which is what happens to infant boys

Quoting Gir is a Slytherin:" In 2010 the AAP actually tried to start a petition to rewrite the law to allow for a clitoral nick of ... [snip!] ... of blood. and people were more outraged over that then removal of the ENTIRE sexual organ, which is what happens to infant boys"

What is the nick supposed to do? I'm really just trying to learn at this point, I'm not debating anymore because I really cant see the merit for it.

Quoting Sarah Bare-ah♡:" What is the nick supposed to do? I'm really just trying to learn at this point, I'm not debating anymore because I really cant see the merit for it."

A nick is type 1 out of 4 of female circumcision. They wanted it for the $$$$ it would bring in.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Sarah Bare-ah♡:</b>" What is the nick supposed to do? I'm really just trying to learn at this point, I'm not debating anymore because I really cant see the merit for it."</blockquote>




!!!!!!!

Quoting Gir is a Slytherin:" A nick is type 1 out of 4 of female circumcision. They wanted it for the $$$$ it would bring in."

da fuq?

Quoting Sarah Bare-ah♡:" da fuq?"

Another form of type 1 female circumcision is clitoral hood piercing. So alllllll the women out and about with clitoral piercings are circumcised.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Fat-and-Happy:</b>" Just because something is done in back allies once it is illegal does not mean that it should be legal.... ... [snip!] ... allies. Some people truly believe that it is their religious right to beat the hell out of their child.... Should we let them?"</blockquote>




Exactly. VWS.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Gir is a Slytherin:</b>" Another form of type 1 female circumcision is clitoral hood piercing. So alllllll the women out and about with clitoral piercings are circumcised."</blockquote>




But it's oh so nice.  
On a consenting adult of course.

Quoting ~Ice Princess~:" <blockquote><b>Quoting Gir is a Slytherin:</b>" Another form of type 1 female circumcision ... [snip!] ... with clitoral piercings are circumcised."</blockquote> But it's oh so nice.   On a consenting adult of course."

of course

Funny to me.