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Replace a hymen, save a life.(letters to the editor)(Letter to the editor)(Brief article)

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| April 07, 2008 | Ensign, Danielle | COPYRIGHT 2008 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

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In his February 25 column, Mark Steyn notes--flippantly--that the British National Health Service now funds hymen replacements for young Muslim women ("Would You Like a Hymen with That?"). He quotes an "expert" as saying that, without these replacements, young women would be "rejected if it is found out that they are not virgins."

A better way of putting it is that they might be killed. "Honor killings"--the euphemistic name for such murders--are woefully common. A teenage girl whose hymen is torn (whether ...

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