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“I cried for a long time”: FGM in white US Christian communities

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Female genital mutilation (FGM) was carried out on Dr Renee Bergstrom in a US clinic when she was three years old. Dr Bergstrom is one of a number of women from white conservative, Christian communities who have been coming forward in the past few years to describe their painful experiences. Here she tells her story to 鶹 Radio 4 Woman’s Hour presenter Jenni Murray.

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