Judge: Female genital mutilation legal in US?

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Don't mutilate me: "I'm not a vagina!" (sign photographed at npa2009.org)

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Ruling in female genital mutilation case shocks women's advocates

MINNEAPOLIS, USA - Women's rights advocates said they were shocked when a federal judge in Michigan ruled this week that a law protecting girls from female genital mutilation (FGM/C) was unconstitutional.

They called his decision a serious blow to girls' rights. Legal experts said the judge made clear that U.S. states have authority to ban the practice, though only about half do.

• [Meanwhile, male genital mutilation, which removes the most sensitive part of the male body, is glorified under the label "medical procedure," "circumcision," barbaric Jewish religious practice, and "cosmetic improvement," even though the ancient Greeks, whose beauty was made famous in classic Western sculpture, did no such thing to their males. Make the practice illegal!]

FBI agents leave the office of Dr. Fakhruddin Attar at the Burhani Clinic in Livonia, Michigan, after completing a search for documents. A federal judge dismissed some charges Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018, against eight people, including two doctors, in the genital mutilation of nine girls at the suburban Detroit clinic, finding it's up to states rather than Congress to regulate the practice (Clarence Tabb Jr. /Detroit News via AP, File).

Here is a look at the ruling, which dismissed several charges against a doctor accused of cutting nine girls in three states as part of a religious custom, and what could happen next.

THE RULING, SIMPLIFIED

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What the!?!

Dr. Jumana Nagarwala was among eight people charged in federal court in Michigan in connection with the genital mutilation of nine girls from Michigan, Minnesota, and Illinois between 2015 and 2017.

Authorities alleged that mothers brought their girls to Dr. Nagarwala when they were roughly 7 years old for the procedure.

Dr. Nagarwala has denied any crime was committed and said she performed a religious custom on girls from her Muslim sect, the India-based Dawoodi Bohra.

They don't need no cl*ts! Just ask Squee!

On Tuesday (Nov. 20, 2018), [male] U.S. District Judge Bernard A. Friedman threw out mutilation and conspiracy charges against all the defendants.

He ruled that a 1996 federal law that bans female genital mutilation was unconstitutional because Congress didn't have the power to regulate the behavior in the first place. More

What is female genital mutilation?

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This can't be real for 200 million females!

Female genital mutilation or FGM/c is also called "female circumcision" and "female genital cutting."

It is the ritual of cutting (actually mutilating) or removing (excising) all or part of the external female genitalia including the most sensitive -- and arguably the most precious -- part of the female body responsible for most orgasms: the clitoris.

This barbaric practice is found in the USA, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, and within communities from countries in which FGM/c is common. UNICEF estimated in 2016 that 200 million women living today in 30 countries -- 27 African countries, Indonesia, Iraqi Kurdistan, and Yemen -- have undergone the procedures.

Typically carried out by a traditional circumciser using a blade, FGM/c is conducted from days after birth to puberty and beyond.

How to end FGM/c in our lifetime


(TEDx Talks) How to end female genital cutting in our lifetime by Julia Lalla-Maharajh, TEDx London Business School, May 31, 2016. By sharing her passionate fight to end this taboo, Julia lifts the lid on how social change happens and explores how radical shifts can lead to extraordinary results. Through her time spent volunteering in Ethiopia, Julia Lalla-Maharajh had a first-hand glimpse into the devastating practice of female genital cutting. Deeply affected, Julia founded the Orchid Project, where she worked on the ground in Senegal and The Gambia and witnessed an incredible grassroots movement of communities choosing not to cut their daughters. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

In half the countries for which national figures are available, most girls are cut before the age of 5. Procedures differ according to the country or ethnic group.

They include removal of the clitoral hood and clitoral glans, removal of the inner labia, and removal of the inner and outer labia, and closure of the vulva.

In this last procedure, known as "infibulation," a small hole is left for the passage of urine and menstrual fluid. Later, the vagina is further mutilated by being cut open for intercourse and opened further for childbirth.

 

The practice is rooted in gender inequality, attempts to control women's sexuality, and ideas about purity, modesty, and beauty. 

It is usually initiated and carried out by women, who see it as a source of honor and fear that failing to have their daughters and granddaughters cut will expose the girls to social exclusion. More

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