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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 14 2017, @08:03PM
Over 2/3 of the penis nerve endings are in the part that is removed, including 100% of the male body's external estrogen receptors.
Sometimes the tightness of the scar causes scrotal skin to be pulled onto the shaft of the penis. This is gets discovered at puberty, when the person gets a hairy penis.
Sometimes the result is a bent penis, again due to tight scar tissue.
Sometimes the penis, or the tip of it, ends up getting removed. (infection, inept cutting, etc. -- the usual surgical risks)