Wednesday, November 21, 2018

U.S. Judge Declares Female Genital Mutilation Legal

US District Judge Bernard Friedman (pictured) also declared a US law banning female genital mutilation unconstitutional
A federal judge dismissed charges Tuesday against two doctors and six others involved in the genital mutilation of nine girls at a Detroit clinic, and also declared a US law banning the practice unconstitutional


District Judge Bernard Friedman dismissed mutilation and conspiracy charges against Dr. Jumana Nagarwala, who performed the surgery, and Dr. Fakhruddin Attar, who allowed his clinic in Livonia, Michigan, to be used for the procedure.

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