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When the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] in 2010 suggested that "pricking or incising the clitoral [[skin]]" was a harmless procedure that might satisfy parents, intactivist organizations and individuals were quick to respond in condemning the "policy statement on ritual genital cutting of female minors".

While the [[intactivist]] movement at large recognizes all forms of female genital mutilation as harmful, some of the organizations leading the campaigns against FGM do not recognize any harm in male [[circumcision]]. In fact, Catherine Hankins, a circumcision promoter who works for the [[WHO|World Health Organization]], wrote: "it is therefore critical that messaging about male circumcision for [[HIV]] prevention not only clearly distinguishes it from FGM but also contributes to efforts to eradicate FGM".

While the [[intactivist]] movement at large recognizes all forms of female genital mutilation as harmful, some of the organizations leading the campaigns against FGM do not recognize any harm in male [[circumcision]]. In fact, [[Catherine Hankins]], a circumcision promoter who works for the corrupt [[WHO|World Health Organization]], wrote: "it is therefore critical that messaging about male circumcision for [[HIV]] prevention not only clearly distinguishes it from FGM but also contributes to efforts to eradicate FGM".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign_Against_Female_Genital_Mutilation

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 When the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] in 2010 suggested that "pricking or incising the clitoral [[skin]]" was a harmless procedure that might satisfy parents, intactivist organizations and individuals were quick to respond in condemning the "policy statement on ritual genital cutting of female minors".
-While the [[intactivist]] movement at large recognizes all forms of female genital mutilation as harmful, some of the organizations leading the campaigns against FGM do not recognize any harm in male [[circumcision]]. In fact, Catherine Hankins, a circumcision promoter who works for the [[WHO|World Health Organization]], wrote: "it is therefore critical that messaging about male circumcision for [[HIV]] prevention not only clearly distinguishes it from FGM but also contributes to efforts to eradicate FGM".
+While the [[intactivist]] movement at large recognizes all forms of female genital mutilation as harmful, some of the organizations leading the campaigns against FGM do not recognize any harm in male [[circumcision]]. In fact, [[Catherine Hankins]], a circumcision promoter who works for the corrupt [[WHO|World Health Organization]], wrote: "it is therefore critical that messaging about male circumcision for [[HIV]] prevention not only clearly distinguishes it from FGM but also contributes to efforts to eradicate FGM".
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign_Against_Female_Genital_Mutilation