31.   The Ghanaians came from a nation which still subjects women to ritual genital cutting.

32.   There is no monolithic view on genital cutting among the Somali refugees in Houston.

33.   There, the chief told Kassindja that he should have consulted him first because the tradition of genital cutting concerned the whole village, not just one family.

34.   Three years ago, after advocates waged a highly publicized campaign, the practice of female genital cutting was outlawed in the United States.

35.   Thursday, Mrs. Clinton met with a group of activists here to condemn the practice of female genital cutting.

36.   Unlike more sweeping development plans, the campaign against genital cutting focuses on one particular custom that is not essential to African village life.

37.   When Adelaide Abankwah fled the threat of genital cutting in her native Ghana, she thought she would find a better life in the United States.

38.   And she is in a position to fight the tradition of genital cutting.