In addition. this legislation proscribes the following measures as necessary to the eradication of this procedure: compiling data on the number of females in the U.S. who have been subjected to FGM. identifying communities in the United States in which it is practiced. designing and implementing outreach activities to inform people of its physical and psychological effects. and developing recommendations for educating students in medical schools on treating women and girls who have undergone mutilations. I am proud to be a cosponsor of an act that addresses an issue so crucial to the mental and physical health of women and girls. The ritual practice of female genital mutilation currently affects an estimated 80 million women in over 30 countries. Although FGM is most widespread in parts of Africa. the Middle East. and the Far East. immigrants from practicing groups have brought the custom to wherever they have settled. including the American cities of New York. Seattle. Portland.
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