Michigan Legislature poised to OK genital mutilation bills
(AP) — Doctors and parents involved in female genital mutilation could go to prison for up to 15 years under bills poised for final approval from lawmakers in Michigan, where the first federal prosecution of the practice is ongoing.
The legislation was introduced after two doctors and one of their wives were indicted in an alleged scheme to perform genital mutilation on two girls from Minnesota at a Detroit-area clinic.