THE JOHN MARSHALL LAW REVIEW (Chicago), Volume 32: Pages 353-380,
Winter 1999.

 

STATE LAWS CRIMINALIZING FEMALE
CIRCUMCISION: A VIOLATION OF THE
EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE OF
THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT?

SHEA LITA BOND*

 

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

 

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*J.D. Candidate, June 1999.

• Shea Lita Bond. Female Circumcision and the Equal Protection Clause. 32 John Marshall L. Rev. 353 (1999).

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