Detroit Judge: Federal Statute Outlawing Female Genital Mutilation is Unconstitutional

For 22 years, female genital mutilation has been a federal crime in the United States, but on Tuesday a judge in Detroit declared the 1996 law to be unconstitutional, dismissing most of the charges faced by two doctors and seven other people – including four victims’ mothers – accused of subjecting at least nine girls through the widely-condemned practice. Read