A family says their newborn son nearly bled to death and is fighting for his life after he was circumcised at a New York City hospital.

A family says their newborn son nearly bled to death and is fighting for his life after he was circumcised at a New York City hospital.

Tim and Gabrielle Groth said their son, Cole, underwent the circumcision at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital in Manhattan, where he was born on March 31.

  • @Bytemeister@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5•5 days ago

    FGM removes the both the clitoris and labia

    There is an entire horrifying spectrum of FGM, not just what you posted.

    • @dion_starfire@lemm.eeEnglish
      1•5 days ago

      While you are correct, the traditional FGM as proposed by Kellogg (the guy who made non-religious circumcision popular in the US to prevent masturbation) was burning off the clitoris using an acid.