A federal judge in Chicago has ruled that the US law against female genital mutilation is unconstitutional, dismissing charges against eight people, including two doctors.
District Judge Bernard Friedman said “Congress overstepped its bounds” by outlawing the practice known as female circumcision, or cutting.
Friedman said it was up to states rather than Congress to regulate the practice.
The ruling dismissed mutilation and conspiracy charges against Dr. Jumana Nagarwala, who performed the surgery, and Dr. Fakhruddin Attar.
The doctors were charged in the genital mutilation of nine girls at a suburban Detroit clinic.
In addition, the same charges were dismissed against Attar’s wife, Farida, and Tahera Shafiq, who assisted in the procedure, as well as four women who took their daughters to the clinic.
Most religious people I know are fairly normal despite their disability. (/sarc) However, some people take their religious ideas a bit too far. I don’t really care if someone thinks they can dance with snakes, they are only going to hurt themselves. If a group of people thinks they are made genetically superior to everyone else by an invisible sky daddy, I don’t really care what kind of “ish” they call themselves.
I take parental rights very seriously and believe the Federal, State, and local government tends to tread upon those rights all too often. When women take their own daughters to have their clitoris cut out … I believe they are NOT mentally competent. They have shown that they are non compos mentis. I defend the right of my fellow citizen to worship as they choose…to a point. Mutilating little girls is just a wee bit beyond that point.
Islam is a disease of the mind.
Source: Ban on female genital mutilation ruled unconstitutional
