FGM prosecutions

Good point Penstemmon, about the benefits of school health services.

Isn't this strange? Now the details have been released www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/fgm-top-gynaecologisthits-out-at-political-prosecution-for-female-genital-mutilation-9213200.html

Well, if that's true, i.e. the doctor is being prosecuted for attempting to repair the vagina of a woman after birth, the whole case is a farce!

Very strange. It will be interesting to hear what the DPP has to say in front of the Health Select Committee next week.
The article also reported the senior gynaecologist who has spoken out against the prosecution as saying she thought there was very little FGM carried out in this country, that all the cases she sees had been done elsewhere.

I read this and felt slightly sick. If this doctor repaired the damage caused to an existing FGM,after the woman had given birth, why on earth is he being prosecuted?

I do believe prosecutions are the most effective way of influencing this 'cultural' practice. I don't mean to be flippant, but using the law has been effective in influencing people not to drink and drive.