EndFGMToday: Gov. Kasich Signs Bill That Outlaws Female Genital Mutilation in Ohio, Protecting At-Risk Women and Girls in the State WASHINGTON, D.C.—The national EndFGMToday campaign is applauding Ohio Gov. John Kasich and state lawmakers for a bipartisan effort to protect women and girls from the horrific and barbaric procedure of female genital mutilation…
posted by Christopher W. Holton The student newspaper at the University of Cincinnati, The News Record, has published a terrific editorial about female genital mutilation… http://www.newsrecord.org/opinion/opinion-we-should-care-about-female-genital-mutilation/article_c6c99cdc-fa39-11e8-82c1-abd352f33c5a.html
posted by Christopher W. Holton This week the Ohio House of Representatives voted in favor of a bill to outlaw female genital mutilation in the state. The bill will make it a crime to perform the procedure on girls under 18 or transport girls for the procedure. It would trigger…
Full Article orginally Posted at:http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/ohio-may-ban-female-genital-mutilation-for-girls-under/ZUEBgGRGt3De0vxtNoUlTO/ Columbus Ohio does not explicitly prohibit female genital mutilation — a practice that state Sen. Peggy Lehner, R-Kettering, wants to outlaw for girls under 18. “It is pretty evident that it’s an extremely painful procedure and it has life-long effects on young women, ” Lehner…
When authorities discovered that a pair of Michigan doctors were using a Livonia clinic to perform genital mutilations on young girls, they had to charge the suspects in federal court because Michigan had no state law outlawing the practice. Earlier this month, Gov. Rick Snyder signed a bill that will…