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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: 2) by tangomargarine on Friday July 14 2017, @07:28PM (4 children)

    by tangomargarine (667) on Friday July 14 2017, @07:28PM (#539284)

    Male doctors don't seem to feel any "solidarity" with the males they routinely mutilate.

    Maybe they should.

    SN is getting way too adversarial these days.

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  • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Friday July 14 2017, @07:40PM

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Friday July 14 2017, @07:40PM (#539293) Journal

    Don't look at me, I was just trying to crowbar that Bro-selytizer joke into the discussion!

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 14 2017, @11:03PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 14 2017, @11:03PM (#539387)

    SN is getting way too adversarial these days.

    NO! It isn't! You idiot, mangobutter! It is all because of the Russian money and "opposition research" promoting xenophobia and hypocritical oaths.

  • (Score: 2) by isostatic on Saturday July 15 2017, @01:50AM (1 child)

    by isostatic (365) on Saturday July 15 2017, @01:50AM (#539428) Journal

    SN was born out of "Fuck Beta", and you wonder about adversarial people?

    • (Score: 2) by Bot on Saturday July 15 2017, @01:52PM

      by Bot (3902) on Saturday July 15 2017, @01:52PM (#539543) Journal

      why, you have a problem with it?

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