In UK First, Court Convicts Mother Of Female Genital Mutilation

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It's the first time anyone has been successfully prosecuted under the anti-FGM law, passed more than 30 years ago. Officials say the mother performed the procedure on her 3-year-old daughter in 2017.

 

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I notice that it is only AFTER the US started prosecuting people that the UK followed suit even though their laws were on the books long before the US

😡stupid

May there be many more convictions. This is a barbaric practice. EndFGM

No wonder British men have trouble finding the clit.

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