American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law Volume 28 Issue 1 Article 3 2019 Contemporary Aspects of Female Genital Mutilation Prohibitions in the United States Limor Ezioni The Academic Center of Law and Science, Israel Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/jgspl Part of the Comparative and Foreign Law Commons, Health Law and Policy Commons, Human Rights Law Commons, Juvenile Law Commons, Law and Society Commons, Religion Law Commons, Sexuality and the Law Commons, and the State and Local Government Law Commons Recommended Citation Ezioni, Limor (2019) "Contemporary Aspects of Female Genital Mutilation Prohibitions in the United States," American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law: Vol. 28 : Iss. 1 , Article 3. Available at: https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/jgspl/vol28/iss1/3 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Washington College of Law Journals & Law Reviews at Digital Commons @ American University Washington College of Law. It has been accepted for inclusion in American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law by an authorized editor of Digital Commons @ American University Washington College of Law. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Ezioni: Contemporary Aspects of Female Genital Mutilation Prohibitions in CONTEMPORARY ASPECTS OF FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION PROHIBITIONS IN THE UNITED STATES LIMOR EzlONI* I.Introduction ...................................... 40 II.FGM as a Form of Child Abuse........................41 III."Cultural Relativism" or "Moral Relativism"? ..... ........ 44 IV.Federal Legislation Against FGM in the United States............45 V.FGM State Legislation in the United States ..... ................ 49 A. Religious Freedom is Not a Defense: California.........49 B.