Judge dismisses female genital mutilation charges in historic case | wzzm13.com"The historic case involves minor girls from Michigan, Illinois and Minnesota.
In a major blow to the government, a federal judge in Detroit has declared the nation's female genital mutilation law as unconstitutional, thereby dismissing nearly all of the charges against two Michigan doctors and seven others accused of subjecting at least nine minor girls to genital cutting in the nation's first FGM case.
The historic case involves minor girls from Michigan, Illinois and Minnesota, including some who cried, screamed and bled during the procedure and one who was given Valium ground in liquid Tylenol to keep her calm, court records show.
U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman concluded that Congress did not have the authority to pass the 22-year-old federal law that criminalizes female genital mutilation in America.
FGM is banned worldwide and has been outlawed in more than 50 countries, though the U.S. statute had never been tested before this case..."
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