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From the Washington Free Beacon

An estimated 513,000 women and girls are at risk or have already been subjected to female genital mutilation in the United States, with the number skyrocketing due to increased immigration from countries in the Middle East and North Africa, where the practice is common.

The State Department considers female genital mutilation—the partial or total removal of female genitalia for no medical reason—to be a form of gender-based violence. The practice is illegal in the United States.

The number of girls suffering from female genital mutilation has tripled in the U.S. since 1990, according to a report released by the Government Accountability Office on Monday.

The government places the blame on increased immigration from majority Muslim nations, where female genital mutilation is a common practice.

“The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated that 513,000 women and girls in the United States were at risk of or had been subjected to female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in 2012, a threefold increase from its 1990 estimate,” the Government Accountability Office said. “CDC attributes this change primarily to increased immigration from countries where FGM/C is practiced, rather than an increase in the occurrence of FGM/C. Agency estimates were not able to distinguish between those who have already been subjected to FGM/C and those who are at risk.”

The report also noted that there have been exceedingly few investigations into female genital mutilation in the United States, because it generally goes unreported.

“While [female genital mutilation/cutting] FGM/C is a crime under federal and many state laws, law enforcement officials identified few investigations and prosecutions related to FGM/C,” the report said. “Officials said that this may be due, in part, to underreporting.”

Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officials have had no criminal investigation into the practice, despite identifying “at least 25 individuals in immigration court proceedings who were suspected of assistance in the perpetration of” female genital mutilation.

“Of the 25 suspected perpetrators, officials were aware of 1 individual who was removed from the country in July 2005,” the report said. “The remaining 24 were granted relief or protection from removal, were still in immigration proceedings, or were not issued a travel document by their home country to implement the immigration court’s final order of removal.”

Over 200 million women and girls alive today have suffered from female genital mutilation around the world. The numbers are especially prevalent in North Africa, as women and girls have reported being subjected to female genital mutilation at alarming rates.

Ninety-eight percent of women and girls in Somalia said they have undergone female genital mutilation. Other countries with high rates of the practice included Guinea (97 percent), Mali (89 percent), Egypt (87 percent), and Sudan (87 percent).

The State Department has done little to invest in fighting the practice abroad despite its recognition of female genital mutilation as “gender-based violence.” A previous Government Accountability Office report revealed that the agency spent more trying to invent the “origami condom” than it did fighting female genital mutilation abroad.

The State Department has only one stand-alone effort specifically targeting female genital mutilation, spending just $1.5 million over two years.

The latest report echoed the findings, noting that the State Department does not provide information on the dangers of the practice to many immigrants. The Government Accountability Office said the State Department does not provide a fact sheet on female genital mutilation to nonimmigrant visa recipients, which includes tourists, foreign students, diplomats, and temporary workers entering the country.

“[Female genital mutilation/cutting] FGM/C has both immediate and long-term health and social consequences,” the report said. “While federal agencies have made efforts to provide assistance to women and girls in the United States at risk of or who have been subjected to FGM/C, and increase awareness of the issue, certain efforts to educate immigrant communities and plan agency activities on FGM/C are lacking.”
Huge Increase in Girls Victimized by Genital Mutilation in U.S.
513,000 women ‘at risk’ or already victims, a three-fold jump since 1990

moldyoldy

Do you feel the same about circumcision?

no propaganda please Loc: moon orbiting the third rock from the sun

While I have no aversion of circumcision, if you are not aware of the differences between removing the foreskin of a male baby, and female genital circumcision done on 8 to 10 year old girls. The damage is so severe the the stitches that close the area so that even intercourse is painful, which is intentional. the opening must be remade for delivery of a baby and then restitched after the baby is born. Find out about this procedure before comparing the two

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kenswalts

The difference is in male circumcision it is just skin that is removed not the penis. In female circumcision the clitoris is removed. I have been circumcised and am very glad of it. It is the removal of the flesh that helps the man deal with fornication. The uncircumcised man is far more likely to commit rape.

moldyoldy

Now, that is crazy.

4430 Loc: Little Egypt ** Southern Illinory

That is one of the most stupid post I've ever seen !

moldyoldy

no propaganda please Loc: moon orbiting the third rock from the sun

I agree with you on that point. The real value of circumcision is for sanitary purposes, for those men who do not pull the skin back and clean the tip of the penis at least once daily and before and after each sexual act. It is also useful because the skin can tear and even microscropic damage can open the system to a much larger chance of sexually transmitted diseases.

moldyoldy

True, and for those reasons it was written into religious dogma. As for women, it was similar dogma but for different reasons. Men were often absent from the home so they tried to eliminate sexual desires in women to keep them from straying. Probably did not work.

Blade_Runner Loc: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

This just scratches the surface. Very few of the Muslims who perform these mutilations are actual doctors. Shia Muslims do not mutilate Sunni girls (and vice versa) because of some tradition or medical reasons. Not all of the girls subjected to this survive. Many of them who live will never have children.

No question about it, Islam is evil.

no propaganda please Loc: moon orbiting the third rock from the sun

All you have to do is read the information or watch the videos to understand how horrible it is. However, when I brought it up earlier, Singularity was all over me, saying I was a pervert for being concerned and daring to mention it. what is wrong with the "progressives" and their outlook on the world. I have not even bothered to respond to her claim that "progressive, and other leftists have higher moral standards than Christians. Based on what standards and how do they determine them is a question that they never answer.

Carol Kelly

Will we act to curtail this horrible, painful, sinful surgery. OR LOOK THE OTHER WAY.