By some estimates, over 130 million women and girls have been subjected to female genital mutilation, particularly in African and Middle Eastern countries.
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Mutilation
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Among the atrocities committed during the war were murder, rape and mutilation.
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Most bans on gender-affirming care explicitly carve out exceptions for the only actual child genital mutilation going on, that against intersex babies.
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The United Nations Children’s Fund seeks an end to female genital mutilation by two thousand ten.
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