THE LAND OF THE FREE TO GENITALLY MUTILATE WOMEN: Judge Rules That Federal Law Banning Female Genital Mutilation Is Unconstitutional

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THE LAND OF THE FREE TO GENITALLY MUTILATE WOMEN AND CHILDREN:

JUDGE RULES THAT FEDERAL LAW BANNING FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL

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<< A federal judge dismissed criminal charges against two doctors in a landmark female genital mutilation case and ruled that Congress "overstepped its bounds" by passing a law banning the procedure. The case centered on two Michigan doctors and six others charged last year in connection with arranging to perform female genital mutilation on nine girls, four from Michigan and five of whom were brought to the state from Illinois and Minnesota.

While female genital mutilation has been a federal crime in the United States for more than two decades, the Michigan doctors were the first to be charged under the law. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement touted the indictments at the time, saying the charges "will hopefully deal a critical blow to stamping out this inhumane practice". But on Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman found the federal ban unconstitutional, ruling that, among other reasons, female genital mutilation is a "local criminal activity" that must be regulated by the states, not Congress.

Genital mutilation is the removal of all or part of a female's genitals for nonmedical reasons. It is condemned by the United Nations and considered a human rights violation, but the practice is common for girls in parts of Asia, Africa and the Middle East. The World Health Organization says more than 200 million women and girls living in 30 countries have experienced FGM, the common acronym for female genital mutilation. >>





GIRLS HAVING THEIR CLITORISES AND VAGINAL LABIA REMOVED ON US SOIL - HOW MUCH LOWER CAN THE COUNTRY GET??? IS THERE EVEN A BOTTOM???