In Indonesia, 90% of Islamic mothers surveyed support the barbaric practice of female circumcision—and hospitals are now offering a two-for-one deal: In the cut. (Hat tip: speedster.)

Hospitals across Indonesia are offering new parents a one-price surgical package for their just-born girls - when they pierce their ears, they’ll circumcise the girls as well.

At Jakarta’s Hermina Hospital the price for the two procedures is Rp95,000 (about $16); at IDI hospital in Surabaya in East Java it’s only Rp15,000, while in Makassar’s Khadijah Hospital in Sulawesi, hospital staff quote Rp25,000 to Rp30,000.

In some hospitals and health care centres, vaccinations are included in the package as modern medicine - attracting parents with the convenience of a one-stop shop - takes over a field long occupied by village-based healers.

While hospitals might be more hygienic, health care experts are worried by strong evidence that the move has led to more of the child’s genital tissue being cut because doctors use different implements and techniques.

Village midwives and traditional healers have been circumcising girls in Indonesia for centuries, although the extent and details of the practice are only now emerging.