[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by jaxie

Unfortunately British girls are taken out of this country to have FGM and then returned. And yet there has never been one prosecution.

'Fifty girls' taken from UK to Somalia for FGM

FGM is banned but very much alive in the UK

"It's a custom that is very much alive, not just in home countries but in Scotland," says Anela Anwar, from the Glasgow-based charity Roshni. "People have given us information saying girls are being cut in Scotland or we hear that girls are taken back home to be cut over the summer holidays."

FGM has been illegal in the UK since 1985, and since 2003 anyone taking a child out of the UK to be cut faces 14 years in prison. However, there has yet to be a single conviction. Two people were arrested in November accused of carrying out FGM on a five-week-old baby but, according to the Metropolitan police, there was "insufficient evidence to proceed".

How do they prove this though is the question? unless the girl reports it and actually shows them which is probably unlikely

[jaxie]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

How do they prove this though is the question? unless the girl reports it and actually shows them which is probably unlikely

I believe some of it comes out because NHS after care is often needed to mutilated little girls so it's not without medical proof. I think they just choose not to prosecute because often it's a parent involved. I would argue it's no different from any other form of child abuse.

Surely taking your child to have their privates cut up is as bad as beating them up or other forms of assault?

[Brillopad]

Originally Posted by jaxie

I believe some of it comes out because NHS after care is often needed to mutilated little girls so it's not without medical proof. I think they just choose not to prosecute because often it's a parent involved. I would argue it's no different from any other form of child abuse.

Surely taking your child to have their privates cut up is as bad as beating them up or other forms of assault?

You would think so wouldn't you. But an underlying current of PC is still prioritising religious freedom over child welfare, especially when it involves girls.

This country needs to get their priorities right and stand up to this madness.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by jaxie

I believe some of it comes out because NHS after care is often needed to mutilated little girls so it's not without medical proof. I think they just choose not to prosecute because often it's a parent involved. I would argue it's no different from any other form of child abuse.

Surely taking your child to have their privates cut up is as bad as beating them up or other forms of assault?

Oh of course, its barbaric i completly agree, I hadnt thought of the example you gave, I just wondered how theyd fi d out but thats a good example you gave

[jaxie]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Oh of course, its barbaric i completly agree, I hadnt thought of the example you gave, I just wondered how theyd fi d out but thats a good example you gave

Some little girls get nasty infections and die.

Also it gets found out a few years later as young women start to have sex and children and obviously the having children involves going to hospital or problems having sex mean consulting a doctor.

I think they should make this a crime even after some years have passed. The only way to stop it is to come down on it and show there are consequences even in say 10 years after the fact when you take your little girl to have this done to them. There isn't much we can do about other countries practices but surely we can stop little girls who are British being taken on FGM 'holidays'.

[Brillopad]

Originally Posted by jaxie

Some little girls get nasty infections and die.

Also it gets found out a few years later as young women start to have sex and children and obviously the having children involves going to hospital or problems having sex mean consulting a doctor.

I think they should make this a crime even after some years have passed. The only way to stop it is to come down on it and show there are consequences even in say 10 years after the fact when you take your little girl to have this done to them. There isn't much we can do about other countries practices but surely we can stop little girls who are British being taken on FGM 'holidays'.

Talk about the 'holiday' from hell. The disgusting controlling behaviours of male dominated societies. Makes me sick.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by jaxie

Some little girls get nasty infections and die.

Also it gets found out a few years later as young women start to have sex and children and obviously the having children involves going to hospital or problems having sex mean consulting a doctor.

I think they should make this a crime even after some years have passed. The only way to stop it is to come down on it and show there are consequences even in say 10 years after the fact when you take your little girl to have this done to them. There isn't much we can do about other countries practices but surely we can stop little girls who are British being taken on FGM 'holidays'.

Yes I totally agree