… and obscene is not a word I use often or lightly, but I am horrified at the story which is circulating of a New York doctor who is reducing the clitorises of young girls in the belief that they are abnormally large. In deference to my blood pressure I shall say no more here but refer you to the story over on The F-Word. If this is even half true the man (yes, a man, of course) is in my view a paedophile and child abuser.
Hat-tip: jillysheep.
There is some information to suggest that the patients were perhaps children who had an endocrine problem which caused other problems as well. However that does not excuse a medical professional operating on children and testing the results in the way which has been reported. Apparently in the UK with cimilar children the NHS wll not operate until they are adults and can make their own decisions.
Thanks, Jilly. Maybe in the UK the NHS wouldn't operate thus on minors, but I bet some surgeon would privately if offered a large enough bribe (sorry, fee) by the parents. And the US being essentially private medicine only the field is open to the morals (or lack thereof) of the surgeons and parents.
Yes I agree