The brain had to do some work...
"In 2017, two Detroit doctors were indicted for allegedly performing FGM on at least nine underage girls. The case brought the issue into the public eye — and challenged assumptions that the U.S. ban of FGM, passed in 1996, was working. Six others, including the girls’ mothers, were also charged for their roles.
But despite the case providing evidence that FGM was indeed taking place on American soil, the Michigan district judge ruled Congress had overstepped on states’ rights by enacting the statute in the first place. All FGM-related charges were dismissed, and the federal ban was thrown out.
With the DOJ refusing to appeal, banning FGM is now up to states."
~ M. Mikael Debass
https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/gy48vj/female-genital-mutilation-is-happening-in-the-us-these-survivors-are-fighting-to-stop-it
PA
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/ilona-schumicky/pa-senate-passes-bill-make-female-genital-mutilation-felony
Headline
https://metro.co.uk/2019/05/28/teachers-told-look-signs-fgm-cutting-season-9715875/
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