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Michigan Increases Penalties for Female Genital Mutilation Following Detroit Criminal Case

posted by martyb on Friday July 14 2017, @03:25PM   Printer-friendly
from the cut-it-out! dept.

takyon writes:

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/07/12/536863961/michigan-laws-will-increase-penalties-for-performing-female-genital-mutilation

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.

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Justin Case on Friday July 14 2017, @04:48PM (3 children)

    by Justin Case (4239) on Friday July 14 2017, @04:48PM (#539195) Journal

    So it's bad to criticize the Semitic sky-fairy but criticizing the Islamic sky-fairy is your American Duty?

    They're both stupid and deserve to be shunned by all rational civilized peoples.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 14 2017, @06:42PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 14 2017, @06:42PM (#539267)

    Not saying it is fair, that's just the way it is. See also the position of the AAP, which can't bring itself to condemn male genital mutilation.

  • (Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Friday July 14 2017, @08:27PM (1 child)

    by NotSanguine (285) <{NotSanguine} {at} {SoylentNews.Org}> on Friday July 14 2017, @08:27PM (#539318) Homepage Journal

    So it's bad to criticize the Semitic sky-fairy but criticizing the Islamic sky-fairy is your American Duty?

    They're both stupid and deserve to be shunned by all rational civilized peoples.

    Given that both imaginary sky-fairies are actually the *same* imaginary sky-fairy (Allah == Yahweh), criticizing one is criticizing both.
    Aren't religious morons fun?

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    No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 14 2017, @11:06PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 14 2017, @11:06PM (#539390)

      I'll just stick with my White Aryan Plastic Jesus, settin' on the dashboard o' muy truck.