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VIDEO: Columbia Students Asked if They Support Female Genital Mutilation. Their Responses Are Disturbing.

Amanda Prestigiacomo

In a video produced by conservative activist Pamela Geller for the human rights group American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI), students at Ivy League Columbia University were asked if Planned Parenthood, a government-funded entity, should fund and support female genital mutilation (FGM). Nearly all the students interviewed condoned the barbaric practice, leaning on faux “tolerance” as their rationale for the inexcusable promotion of misogyny.

FGM, sometimes called female circumcision, “involves cutting the external female genitalia for non-medical reasons. Depending on local customs, it could also include additional modifications ranging from cutting away part of the clitoris to removing the inner and outer vaginal lips before sewing the remaining skin together, leaving a small hole for urination and menstrual blood.”

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