The American Association of Pediatrics or some such MEDICAL association endorsed FGM until a howl of objections came in. 2010.
To be performed on girl babies. It was/is called “the little nick.”
Odd that this is the site carrying the story still, but here it is.....
“Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)”
See: http://www.world-mysteries.com/sci_fgm.htm
I suppose it’s like Trafficant’s 2-minute speech on the 1913 bankruptcy of the US. Boy, was that on some weird sites for awhile. That doesn’t mean he didn’t speak it.
Of course, Sheets Byrd’s tirade on Blacks is nowheresville. I wonder if you have to get clearance by keyword to see that 14-hour record in the Congressional Record.
The comments under this article from 2010 on FGM and the AAP are quite fitting.
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/05/whatever_happened_to_first_do.php