America's growing immigrant population brings occasional but inevitable clashes between homegrown customs and traditions and some from abroad.
Female circumcision is a case in point.
Widely practiced in parts of Africa, most Americans find it barbaric. In fact, Congress outlawed the practice in the U.S. for girls under age 18. But that doesn't mean it isn't done here. Accurate numbers are hard to come by, but the CDC has estimated that nearly 170-thousand young immigrant women in this country may be at risk for this very painful and disfiguring operation. Dr. Karungari Kiragu is with the department of population dynamics at Johns Hopkins.