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Female genital cutting (FGC) refers to amputation of any part of the female genitalia for cultural rather than medical reasons, not including genital modification of intersexuals or gender reassignment surgery. Most Human rights organizations in the West, Africa, and Asia consider female genital cutting rituals a violation of women's human rights. Among these groups and governments, they are regarded as unacceptable and illegal forms of body modification and mutilation of those believed to ...
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- Adult Circumcision (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Care of the Uncircumcised Penis (American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Circumcision (Cleveland Clinic)
- Circumcision (Medline Plus)
- Circumcision (Cleveland Clinic)
- Circumcision (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Circumcision (Nemours Foundation)
- Circumcision
- Circumcision (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Circumcision (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Circumcision Decision (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Circumcision Policy Statement (American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Circumcision: Frequently Asked Questions (American Academy of Pediatrics)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Circumcision (National Institutes of Health)
- Female Circumcision (Cleveland Clinic)
- Female Genital Cutting: Frequently Asked Questions (National Women's Health Information Center)
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- Paraphimosis (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Trends in Circumcisions among Newborns (National Center for Health Statistics)
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