we wanted to have public service announcements on it was about female genital mute liesition, educationing the public, we wanted, as miriam pointed out. we wanted to have law enforcement prepared to take the parents to task and have them arrested if they are caught taking their children across the border or across the atlantic to have them. >> dr bawers, angela mentioned educateing thepublic, and you are educating the medical group. 74% of mutilations ever done by doctors, it has been reported. how does that stop when doctors are doing the procedures and, by default, justify it. >> right, if they are complicit in the practice of f g.m. they are as bad as the original process, even if done with annes nettics. people justify that if anaesthetic is given, somehow it cultural practice. these laws and these rules need to be enforced. >> you are one of the leaders in female genital reconstruction. this is knew, you are doing it in the u.s., you were doing it in burkina faso. talk about how you were doing that, and how it's been received. >> correct, i was fortunate to be contacted by an internat