Michigan: Female genital mutilation now a felony punishable by up to 15 years prison`

( Muslims do not assimilate! They infiltrate! )

Source: Snyder signs bills making female genital mutilation felony in Michigan

LANSING — Gov. Rick Snyder signed 13 bills Tuesday stemming from a case of female genital mutilation that happened in Livonia in April.

“Those who commit these horrendous crimes should be held accountable for actions, and these bills stiffen the penalties for offenders while providing additional support to victims,” Snyder said. “This legislation is an important step toward eliminating this despicable practice in Michigan while empowering victims to find healing and justice.”

Under the main bill, female genital mutilation would be considered a felony in Michigan, punishable by up to 15 years in prison. That’s a harsher penalty than the 1996 federal genital mutilation law, which includes a sentence of up to five years in prison. Michigan will join at least 24 other states that have passed anti-genital cutting laws over the last two decades.

The bills arose out of the case of two doctors and a physician’s wife who are facing federal charges for their alleged roles in the genital cuttings of two 7-year-old girls from Minnesota at a clinic in Livonia in April.

Other bills in the package — HB 4636-4641, 4661,  4690 and SB 337-338, 368-369 and 410 — provide penalties for transporting a person to a state for the procedure, set the statute of limitations for the crime to 10 years, revokes the medical license of a person who performs the procedure; allows for victims to file civil lawsuits; and creates an education outreach program to inform the public about the health risks of female genital mutilation.

Wouldn’t preventing mass immigration to the U.S. of the populations who practice FGM be a better solution than having to waste taxpayer money on creating new laws and attempting to enforce them? Not to mention the “educational” programs that will target immigrant communities also at taxpayer expense.