A new law that its backers called a pivotal step in protecting vulnerable young women and girls across the United States from the "barbaric and medically unnecessary procedure" of female genital mutilation was signed into law by President Trump on Thursday.
The bipartisan legislation, known as the Strengthening the Opposition to Female Genital Mutilation Act of 2020, or STOP FGM Act of 2020, was introduced in Congress by Rep.
Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, just before the coronavirus pandemic paralyzed much of the country in March. "We are thrilled that the president has signed this.
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