Feds can’t pursue female genital mutilation appeal based on weak law
Democrats have consistently stood in the way of effective FGM legislation- siding with its defenders that it is “religious freedom.” WE NEED TOUGH FGM LAWS NOW.
Democrats have consistently stood in the way of effective FGM legislation- siding with its defenders that it is “religious freedom.” WE NEED TOUGH FGM LAWS NOW.
All three Illinois girls were about 7 years old at the time of the procedures ….. the doctors are using a religious defense. “Freedom of religion” – freedom to mutilate, murder, hate …. Genital mutilation victims break their silence: ‘This is demonic’
More than a year after her arrest in the nation’s first female genital mutilation case, the defiant Muslima doctor continues to attack the government for pursuing the case., claiming the law that’s being used to prosecute her is unconstitutional.
Why would trained Bohra Muslim MDs, Dr. Nagarwala, and her MD co-defendant, Dr. Fakhruddin Attar, engage in the illegal practice of FGM—which has no intrinsic medical value—while further violating the Hippocratic Oath, “noxamvero et maleficium propulsabo”/ “I will utterly reject harm and mischief,” by causing well-established immediate and chronic medical complications [bleeding, infection, difficult birthing, painful intercourse], and deleterious psychological effects [depression, phobic anxiety, hostility]?
Surprisingly, neither the 1996 federal law that outlawed FGM, nor the 2013 federal law that outlawed “vacation cutting” requires health care providers to report known or suspected instances of FGM to local, state, or federal health authorities or law enforcement.
The gruesome practice of female genital mutilation is at record highs and on the rise in America, due to the influx of Muslim immigrants.
Nagarwala’s husband, Moiz Nagarwala, is listed as a leader of the Farmington Hills mosque, according to the mosque’s password-protected website, and records list him as having served as joint treasurer.