A 7-year-old girl who underwent a painful genital mutilation procedure told federal investigators that after a doctor completed the process, she was rewarded with a piece of cake for "doing good." ...

DETROIT — A Michigan doctor may be the only physician on trial on charges of performing female genital mutilation on minor girls in the U.S., but she wasn't the only doctor who was cutting children, ...

Many U.S. doctors faced with decision when asked to cut young girls —June 14, 2010 -- Female genital cutting (FGC) is a tradition that many assume to be affecting girls living only in Africa and ...

Activists fighting to end female genital mutilation worldwide are reeling at the latest decision involving Detroit's FGM case, in which a doctor is charged with cutting the genitals of nine 7-year-old ...

In a major blow to the federal government, a judge in Detroit has declared America's female genital mutilation law unconstitutional, thereby dismissing the key charges against two Michigan doctors and ...

Campaigns in some countries have reduced the practice, but it remains widespread in those with high rates of population growth. By Stephanie Nolen Stephanie Nolen, who covers global health, has ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SERREKUNDA, Gambia (AP) — Lawmakers in ...

Nisaa African Family Services Executive Director Hibo Jama speaks with senators at the Iowa Capitol Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. A Senate panel advanced a proposal Monday to make female genital cutting a ...

BANJUL, Gambia (AP) — Lawmakers in the West African nation of Gambia on Monday rejected a bill that would have overturned a ban on female genital cutting. The attempt to become the first country in ...

Lawmakers in the West African nation of Gambia have rejected a bill that would have overturned a ban on female genital cutting. BANJUL, Gambia — Lawmakers in the West African nation of Gambia on ...