Defense lawyers plan to argue that religious freedom is at the core of the case in which two physicians and one of their wives are charged with subjecting young girls to genital cutting Are these morally defunct defense lawyers also prepared to defend the “religious freedom” of a barbaric culture to justify the murder of […]
Federal law doesn’t require healthcare providers to report FGM despite half a million at risk
Current federal law criminalizes the practice of FGM, but does not specifically require reporting on it, though health care providers are obligated to report instances of child abuse, a category in which FGM falls Female genital mutilation is gratuitous violence against girls and women, and is a violation of human rights; failing to report it not […]