UNDOING HARM: plastic surgeons tackle reconstruction for circumcised women [Sarasota Herald Tribune]
She called it her “deepest, darkest secret,” one she had never even shared with her husband. When Saffiatu Sillah was growing up in the West African nation of Sierra Leone, a ritual circumcision left her with scar tissue that caused pain with pain during sex and agony during childbirth. After her second child was born, Sillah, a pharmacist then living in Philadelphia, searched for medical help. To read the full article, written by Pam Belluck and Maddie McGarvey of the NYT, click click HERE