Girls Undergo 'Breast Ironing' to Prevent Pregnancy
While most pre-teen girls are giddy over their first training bra, the
reality for many girls in rural Cameroon girls is grim. On the
rise in the Central West African nation is a practice called "breast
ironing," a procedure that involves placing hot stones on a young girls
breasts to prevent them from the growing...
Here's what you had to say:
Sheila commented via Facebook: "Ironing a young girl's breast is not going to stop teen pregnancy. Education and prevention [will]."
Fricanna wrote via Facebook: "I'm African born and raised and this still sounds very wrong."