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Federal law doesn’t require healthcare providers to report FGM despite half a million at risk

Current federal law criminalizes the practice of FGM, but does not specifically require reporting on it, though health care providers are obligated to report instances of child abuse, a category in which FGM falls Female genital mutilation is gratuitous violence against girls and women, and is a violation of human rights; failing to report it not… Continue reading Federal law doesn’t require healthcare providers to report FGM despite half a million at risk