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National
and International Legislation on FGM
In the following pages you will find a listing of national and international
legislation pertaining to FGM. If you know of another legislation that
is not listed on here, please let me know by using the contact
form.
Complete Legislative Graphic of the United States
Federal
Individual States
California AB 2125 (Figueroa and Lunneen) Delaware SB 393 (Henry) Illinois HB 3572 (Mulligan-Deuchler) Michigan HB 6095 Minnesota 144.3872 New Jersey ACR 35 New York A 5010 North Dakota SB 2454 Rhode Island S 2317 (Perry, Cicilline,Parella,Graziano and Gibbs) Tennessee SB 2394 (Crutchfield) Texas H.B. 91 (Giddings, Thompson, Chavez, Clark) Wisconsin 365
States whose anti-FGM bills did not pass:
States that punish parents as well as doctors who
perform FGM
Bills whose status is unknown
| Louisiana | HCR 52 |
International Listing
The
current list of legislations were taken from A Report to the Attorney-General
prepared by the Family Law Council on Female Genital Mutilation
from Australia . If you know of any other legislations, or if you
have the entire text of any of t he current legislations, please
please let me know by using the contact
form.
Australian and Other Relevant Laws
British and Canadian Legislation
Summaries of Some Countries' Laws
Summaries of Some African Countries's Laws