The prepuce itself is erogenous genital tissue. It is more shameful and dishonoring for an elder to sit in jail for 5 years than for the leder to have a natural intact child. Rape is common in jail. We jail the perpetrators who order and who carry out the mutilation. Genital mutilation is not a hygiene, religious, cultural, or public health issue.
Genital mutilation is a crime.
I have enclosed the letter to Dr. LeGerfo, the letter to the Assistant Attorney General Lisa Vincler, and the new 1997 adult and child mental, emotional, physical, and sexual abuse diagnostic codes to help clarify the issues we face. Please convene the ethics council and the medical practices committee to issue an educational and legal statement to help physicians effectively deal with the issues we are face in view of the new law.