Female Circumcision and the Equal Protection Clause

John Marshall Law Review (Chicago), Volume 32, Pages 353-380. Winter 1999.

Shea Lita Bond
J.D. Candidate, June 1999

State Laws Criminalizing Female Circumcision: A Violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?

INTRODUCTION..............................................353
I. CIRCUMCISION IN THE UNITED STATES......................355
II. FGM LAWS VIOLATE EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW.......365
III. PROPOSED GENDER NEUTRAL STATUTE......................378
CONCLUSION................................................380

Citation:

Bond SL. Female Circumcision and the Equal Protection Clause. John Marshall L Rev. Winter 1999;32:353-80.

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