MINNEAPOLIS—Women’s rights advocates said they were shocked when a federal judge in Michigan ruled this week that a law protecting girls from genital mutilation was unconstitutional. Women’s rights advocates were shocked when a federal judge in Michigan ruled this week that a law protecting girls from genital mutilation was unconstitutional. Human rights fearsThe AHA Foundation works to protect women from genital mutilation, honour violence and forced marriages. But those abuse laws often don’t take the specific issues surrounding female genital mutilation into account, said George Zarubin, AHA’s executive director. “I think a lot of us in the community that are working to try to ban female genital mutilation in this country are beside ourselves” with this decision, he said.

Source: thestar November 23, 2018 23:03 UTC