Female Genital Mutilation

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Federal judge rejects ban on female genital mutilation

Nov 21, 2018

A federal judge in Detroit ruled Tuesday that a law banning female genital mutilation (FGM) in the United States is... Read more

Religious freedom advocate: Female genital mutilation is unjustifiable

Aug 29, 2017

By Matt Hadro

While lawyers defending the practice of female genital mutilation claim that it is protected by religious freedom rights, one leading... Read more

Religious freedom cited in first US female genital mutilation case

May 25, 2017

By Mary Farrow

A U.S. federal law prohibiting female genital mutilation will be challenged for the first time in a case in Detroit,... Read more