H.R. 3492: A Bane Masquerading as a Boon
By Anjalika Sarkar Introduction H.R. 3492, also known as the Protect Children’s Innocence Act, was recently passed by the House of Representatives in the United States. This bill has been introduced and falsely framed as a way to protect children from genital and bodily mutilations and chemical castrations. Yet, this piece of legislation makes a […]
The U.S. must preserve integrity of law against female genital mutilation/cutting and condemn its harmful conflation with gender-affirming care
OPEN LETTER AND SIGN-ON STATEMENT THE U.S. MUST PRESERVE INTEGRITY OF LAW AGAINST FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION/CUTTING AND CONDEMN ITS HARMFUL CONFLATION WITH GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE The U.S. End FGM/C Network, the Global Platform for Action to End FGM/C and the Americas Alliance to End FGM/C are joined by 92 civil society organizations from across the […]