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New legislation signed into law by Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder on Tuesday makes female genital mutilation a felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison. The laws apply both to doctors who conduct the procedure and parents who transport a child to undergo it. "Those who commit these horrendous crimes should be held accountable for their actions, and these bills stiffen the penalties for offenders while providing additional support to victims," Gov. Snyder said in a statement. "This legislation is an important step toward eliminating this despicable practice in Michigan while empowering victims to find healing and justice."
The governor also signed a bill allowing for a health professional's license or registration to be revoked if he or she is convicted of female genital mutilation.
Michigan is the 26th state to ban the practice; the state laws go into effect in October. The practice was banned in the United States in 1996, but Michigan's laws impose harsher penalties than the federal law. The package of bills comes amid the federal criminal trial of an emergency room doctor in Michigan, Jumana Nagarwala, charged with performing the procedure on multiple girls at a clinic in suburban Detroit. The Department of Justice says it believes the case is the first to be brought under the federal law. Another doctor and his wife are also charged in the case, the AP reports.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Friday July 14 2017, @04:30PM (2 children)
> The most knowledgeable body of pediatricians in the world
It would be really nice if most Americans stopped non-jokingly elevating anything the US does as "the best in the world". Thanks for one clear example.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 14 2017, @07:31PM (1 child)
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Friday July 14 2017, @08:09PM
> best aircraft carrier [military-today.com]
How high was the guy who wrote that ranking?
I'll give the Ford Class a pass for not being quite ready, and the Elizabeth class is still so far out from being useful it should be near last...
The Russian carrier is acknowledged to be in terrible shape, yet number 3 ? The Chinese one is pretty limited, yet number 4?
If actually ranked by "deadliest" (and not to their own crew), it should be
0: Ford (soon operational)
1: Nimitz class
2: Charles de Gaulle
3: Sao Paulo
(a-k-a the catapult-driven, 4th-gen planes equipped carriers)
4-6: not quite sure how to rank the Italian vs the Indian vs the Chinese
7: Russia
8: UK, expected to climb once it get real planes
9: Thailand.