So, what are our thoughts? To me, that article was a waste of time.
I feel like the author is coasting on her credentials (if one can call being a victim of FGM a 'credential') - she's criticizing the current situation, but not offering any way to fix it. American pediatricians "need to eliminate this risk for little girls"? Okay, I'm not sure why it's the pediatricians' job, but say that it is - how does she suggest they do this? She acknowledges that it's very difficult to know when girls have been mutilated...and that's the end of the article. Just when it was getting useful.
I may be a bit biased against this writer, because I read her memoir and was really turned off by her attitude, but, really - is she adding ANYTHING to the debate, here?