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FBI Launches New Fight to Uncover Secretive Female Genital Mutilation in US

endfgmtoday October 18, 2017 October 18, 2017at-risk girls, Importing FGM to America, Islam, Jumana Nagarwala, Legislation, Maine, Michigan, Religious practice

Originally posted at:http://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2017/october/fbi-launches-new-fight-to-uncover-secretive-female-genital-mutilation-in-us Most Americans are unaware of a very old, barbaric tradition which continues to be practiced to this day inside their own country. For decades, the horrific practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) has continued in the US due to secretive trafficking. This torture has endured unsuspected,…

Maine turns blind eye to child abuse

endfgmtoday August 9, 2017 August 9, 2017Legislation, Maine

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.…

Maine voting on bill to make female genital mutilation a crime

endfgmtoday August 2, 2017 August 3, 2017Legislation, Maine

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…

Maine Sending Strong Nationwide Message with Crucial Vote on Anti-Female Genital Mutilation Bill TODAY in Senate

endfgmtoday August 2, 2017 March 19, 2018Legislation, Maine, Press Release

#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…

State Rep. says female genital mutilation is happening in Maine

endfgmtoday August 1, 2017 August 2, 2017Legislation, Maine

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…

New push to criminalize female genital mutilation in Maine

endfgmtoday July 31, 2017 March 19, 2018Legislation, Maine

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.…

Press Release: #EndFGMToday Urges Maine Residents to Contact Lawmakers to Pass Anti-Female Genital Mutilation Bill

endfgmtoday July 31, 2017 July 31, 2017Legislation, Maine, Press Release, Uncategorized

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 is on the rise and it needs to stop

endfgmtoday July 26, 2017 July 27, 2017Elizabeth Yore, Legislation, Maine, Michigan

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…

Female genital mutilation, human trafficking, child abuse—All in the same horrid family

endfgmtoday July 26, 2017 March 19, 2018Legislation, Maine, Press Release

Crucial Bill to Criminalize FGM in Maine Not Dead, Up for Vote in Senate on August 2—Pressure Now on House Democrats; #EndFGMToday Washington, D.C.—There are few in America who would argue that mutilating the genitals of little girls is excusable. Yet, some lawmakers in Maine are preventing the criminalization of…

Liz Wheeler: When little girls are strapped down to tables and cut with broken glass…

endfgmtoday July 25, 2017 July 26, 2017at-risk girls, Islam, Legislation, Maine, Religious practice