posted by Christopher W. Holton EndFGMToday: State Laws Are Even More Crucial Now After the Federal Ban Was Ruled Unconstitutional WASHINGTON, D.C.—A bill to criminalize the barbaric practice of female genital mutilation in South Carolina is one step closer to becoming a much-needed law. The national EndFGMToday campaign reports that the bill…
LANSING, Mich. (SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP) – Federal prosecutors indicted two women accused of taking their seven year old daughters to a Michigan clinic for a procedure where their genitalia was cut. It’s a produce known as female genital mutilation, which is illegal. Our Political Reporter Nick Minock joins us now…
Maine’s legislature failed to protect little girls from a horrible mutilation practice, so the bill’s sponsor now is focusing on the governor’s office in hopes of reviving it. State Representative Heather Sirocki tried to get a bill passed to criminalize female genital mutilation practiced by part of the state’s population.…
The push to bring female genital mutilation (FGM) to an end throughout the nation continues — but this time all eyes are on Maine. If the House fails to call up the bill again on Wednesday Maine could end up being “a safe harbor for mutilators,” as Liz Yore head…
#EndFGMToday Urges Maine Residents to Contact Lawmakers to Protect Girls and Women from This Barbaric Practice; Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon Against Bringing L.D. 745 Up for Vote Washington, D.C.—Today, Maine lawmakers will have a chance to protect girls from the horrors of female genital mutilation (FGM) through the crucial…
Republican Representative Heather Sirocki says her research suggests female genital mutilation is happening in Maine, and she wants to stop it. “I get private Facebook messages from nurses; I get personal conversation from folks, they’re telling me what they’re seeing in Maine hospitals,” Sirocki said. No Maine hospital would confirm…
A Maine lawmaker says she’s not giving up on a bill that appears to be dead. Rep. Heather Sirocki (R-Scarborough) is calling on her colleagues in the House and Senate to make female genital mutilation illegal, and there’s a slight chance her bill could get new life later this week.…
Recently Michigan became the 26th state to ban female genital mutilation. It has been a crime under federal law since 1966, punishable by up to five years in prison. Michigan’s law imposes harsher penalties than the federal law. The Michigan legislation was preceded by the news that Michigan doctors had…
Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon Balks at Bringing L.D. 745 Up for Vote on Aug. 2; Law Criminalizes Barbaric Practice in State; #EndFGMToday Washington, D.C.—In less than a week, Maine lawmakers will have a chance to protect girls from the horrors of female genital mutilation (FGM) in their state. On…
Female genital mutilation (FGM) defies all standards of humanity and has been condemned as a hideous violation of human rights by the United Nations and the World Health Organization. The Centers for Disease Control estimates that more than 513,000 girls are at risk of FGM in the United States. With…