Genital Mutilator Faces Life

[RW]

Detroit doctor Jumana Nagarwala faces life in jail



A doctor in the US city of Detroit has been charged with carrying out female genital mutilation (FGM) on young girls in what is believed to be the first case of its kind in the country.



Prosecutors said Jumana Nagarwala had been performing the practice on girls aged between six and eight for 12 years. She was investigated after the authorities received a tip-off. If found guilty, she faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.



In a voluntary interview with investigators earlier this week Dr Nagarwala denied being involved in any such procedure, local media reported. But prosecutors said she had performed "horrifying acts of brutality on the most vulnerable victims". Some travelled to her practise from outside the state of Michigan and were told not to talk about the procedure, they added.



Dr Nagarwala appeared in a federal court in Detroit and was remanded in custody.



"Female genital mutilation constitutes a particularly brutal form of violence against women and girls. It is also a serious federal felony in the United States," acting US attorney Daniel Lemisch said.

"The practice has no place in modern society and those who perform FGM on minors will be held accountable under federal law."



The first recorded case of FGM in the US was in 2006, when an Ethiopian immigrant was jailed for 10 years for aggravated battery and cruelty to children for mutilating his two-year-old daughter five years earlier with a pair of scissors.



In 2012 the US authorities said more than 500,000 women and girls in the country had either been subjected to FGM or were at risk of it. About 200 million girls and women around the world have suffered some form of FGM, the UN says, with half living in Egypt, Ethiopia and Indonesia, the UN says.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39597062">http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39597062

I could get behind life in prison for this doctor.  I also wouldn't mind the parents of each one of these girls to be charged criminally as well.

[realgrimm]

hmmmm is this that cultural right of passage were they puncture  the hymen(virginity test) at the time of deflowering or the practice where they remove the clitoris as to not make coitus pleasurable .. This is another fine example of why the western culture needs to hold on to it's value system and stop bending laws with bills (like M103) to breakdown our belief system ..

[Anonymous]

In 2012 the US authorities said more than 500,000 women and girls in the country had either been subjected to FGM or were at risk of it.

That number is shocking.

[Anonymous]

Detroit doctor Jumana Nagarwala faces life in jail



A doctor in the US city of Detroit has been charged with carrying out female genital mutilation (FGM) on young girls in what is believed to be the first case of its kind in the country.



Prosecutors said Jumana Nagarwala had been performing the practice on girls aged between six and eight for 12 years. She was investigated after the authorities received a tip-off. If found guilty, she faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.



In a voluntary interview with investigators earlier this week Dr Nagarwala denied being involved in any such procedure, local media reported. But prosecutors said she had performed "horrifying acts of brutality on the most vulnerable victims". Some travelled to her practise from outside the state of Michigan and were told not to talk about the procedure, they added.



Dr Nagarwala appeared in a federal court in Detroit and was remanded in custody.



"Female genital mutilation constitutes a particularly brutal form of violence against women and girls. It is also a serious federal felony in the United States," acting US attorney Daniel Lemisch said.

"The practice has no place in modern society and those who perform FGM on minors will be held accountable under federal law."



The first recorded case of FGM in the US was in 2006, when an Ethiopian immigrant was jailed for 10 years for aggravated battery and cruelty to children for mutilating his two-year-old daughter five years earlier with a pair of scissors.



In 2012 the US authorities said more than 500,000 women and girls in the country had either been subjected to FGM or were at risk of it. About 200 million girls and women around the world have suffered some form of FGM, the UN says, with half living in Egypt, Ethiopia and Indonesia, the UN says.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39597062">http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39597062

I could get behind life in prison for this doctor.  I also wouldn't mind the parents of each one of these girls to be charged criminally as well.

Where did the Detroit doctor do this?



It doesn't say if it was at a private clinic, or some where else.

[RW]

It says it was out of a medical office in Detroit.

[Anonymous]

It says it was out of a medical office in Detroit.

Okay, thanks.

[Renee]

Let's all play guess the religion of the MD and the families of the mutilated girls.



Everyone gets one guess......



Here's a hint.....It ain't Presbyterian.

[Anonymous]

Let's all play guess the religion of the MD and the families of the mutilated girls.



Everyone gets one guess......



Here's a hint.....It ain't Presbyterian.

Jehovah's Witness I say. See what years of getting doors slammed in their faces has done to them.

[RW]

I bet Scientology.  If they force women to have abortions, what's stopping them from hacking off clits?

[Aryan]

I thought this thread was going to be about Blurt.....

[Anonymous]

I bet Scientology.  If they force women to have abortions, what's stopping them from hacking off clits?

I didn't know that avout the Scientologists..



I thought of that organization as a glorified pyramid scheme.

[RW]

I bet Scientology.  If they force women to have abortions, what's stopping them from hacking off clits?

I didn't know that avout the Scientologists..



I thought of that organization as a glorified pyramid scheme.

A lot of things are coming to light about it since Leah Remini did her show.

[Anonymous]

I bet Scientology.  If they force women to have abortions, what's stopping them from hacking off clits?

I didn't know that avout the Scientologists..



I thought of that organization as a glorified pyramid scheme.

A lot of things are coming to light about it since Leah Remini did her show.

Oh a, Carrie Heffernan.

[Anonymous]

Let's all play guess the religion of the MD and the families of the mutilated girls.



Everyone gets one guess......



Here's a hint.....It ain't Presbyterian.

Is it the one that the Canadian government doesn't want criticized?

[Renee]

I bet Scientology.  If they force women to have abortions, what's stopping them from hacking off clits?

There is a fundamental difference there. Clits are necessary....children aren't.... ac_biggrin