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NJ Senator Weinberg Introduces AHA Foundation Bill Against Female Genital Mutilation

Posted on Tue, Feb 14, 2012 @ 01:44 PM
 

The AHA Foundation applauds New Jersey Senator Loretta Weinberg for introducing our bill to prohibit female genital mutilation in New Jersey.  New Jersey Senate Bill No. 1171 sends an important message that female genital mutilation is a serious crime and will not be tolerated in the state.

Currently, only 19 states have passed laws criminalizing female genital mutilation ("FGM").  Yet studies suggest that approximately 228,000 girls and women in the U.S. have either suffered FGM or are at risk. FGM has significant and lasting medical consequences for victims. Immediately following the procedure, girls are at risk for severe pain, shock, bleeding, bacterial infection, and injury to nearby tissue.  In the long term, girls and women who have suffered this procedure are at risk for recurrent bladder and urinary tract infections, cysts, infertility, and complications during intercourse and childbirth.

The AHA Foundation is committed to working with legislators in the remaining 30 states to enact laws banning FGM.  For more information about FGM and our work on this issue, please visit our website:  www.theahafoundation.org.

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I am a grandmother of 6, mother of three including two sons who serve in the military and have served in Iraq and Afghanistan. I sent an information packet to both US senators, our US Rep and to our State senator & representative and to Jan Mickelson talk show host WHO Radio who hosted Brigitte Gabriel recently when she spoke in Des Moines. The packet included copies of the bill by Senator Weinberg,two from New York, blogs from Ayaan and several articles about Sharia including the article "Stealth Jihad" out of Legion Magazine, April 2008. EVERYONE should read this article. Also, two articles about Sharia in the UK from Ayaan's website. So far I have had no response from any of the 6 recepients but it's only been two weeks! Let's hope Iowa can begin to protect the many Sudanese and Muslim girls in our state of which we have many.
Posted @ Saturday, May 12, 2012 8:59 AM by birdladyiowa
Shouldn't FGM already be considered illegal child abuse, endangerment, or assault and battery, and already covered under the laws that let Child Protective Services take children away from abusive or neglectful parents? If the same cuts were done on the girl's arm, they would revoke parental rights immediately!
Posted @ Monday, June 11, 2012 12:55 PM by concerned
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