Emily-Lynn Warren

senior

George Fox University

Emily-Lynn Warren is a senior at George Fox University. She spent the summer of 2017 working as a research assistant for Professor Mark Hall.

Blog Posts

The first federal criminal case on female genital mutilation will test the limits of religious liberty.

August 17, 2017

Uncategorized

This article contains stories of abuse that may be disturbing for some readers.For the first time, the federal government is prosecuting a case of female genital mutilation (FGM). Six people in Michigan — including two doctors, two assistants, and the girls’ mothers — have been charged with participating in the mutilation of two seven-year-old girls. The doctors and families of the children are members of the Dawoodi Bohras, a community from West India that practices FGM for religious reasons.Citizens should generally be permitted to act upon their sincerely held religious beliefs, even if

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