Khadija Mohammed v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General, Khadija Ahmed Mohamed v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · Decided 2005-03-10

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*789 OPINION REINHARDT, Circuit Judge. Female genital mutilation involves the cutting and removal of all or some of a girl or a woman’s external genitalia. Often performed under unsanitary conditions with rudimentary instruments, the procedure is “extremely painful” and “permanentl…

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