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Female Genital Mutilation 'Parties' Being Held in UK, MPs Warned
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Female genital mutilation "parties", at which dozens of girls are operated on by older women specially flown in from abroad, are taking place in Britain, physicians have told MPs.
The Guardian reports that the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee heard from a variety of health officials about the spread of the practice throughout Britain.
Janet Fylde of the Royal College of Midwives said that by the time authorities had been alerted of the parties, the "cutter" - the woman performing the operation - will have left. "By the time the girls are cut, the woman 'cutter' is on her flight back to the country she came from. We can't go after the cutter. We don't know who she or he is. The parents have to be held responsible," she said.
[link to www.theguardian.com]
[link to www.breitbart.com]
NHS Direct says that it is often carried out without anaesthetics or antiseptics, and can involve the use of knives, scissors, pieces of glass or razor blades.
[link to www.nhs.uk]
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