Performing Surgery to Reverse FGM ( Excerpt from The Cut That Heals )
VICE News reports on a littleknown surgery that restores sexual function to the clitoris for women who had their genitals mutilated as children. We meet and follow a 32yearold prospective patient who was mutilated at the age of six in Somalia, and who now lives and works as a nurse in the United States. Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a cultural tradition that affects millions of women worldwide. Sometimes referred to as female circumcision or female genital cutting, the practice varies in severity d
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