Speech #1040126278

This procedure has been performed on not hundreds of women. not thousands of women. but we are now into the millions of women. I repeat. this is a cruel and tortuous procedure performed on young girls against their will. The United States must make all efforts to condemn and to curb this practice. Some might say that FGM is not a concern of the United States. Mr. President. it is a concern of the United States. because it does occur in the United States. Because of immigration patterns and for other reasons. this ritual comes to the United States with people coming from other parts of the world. The same procedure has been outlawed in the United Kingdom. Sweden.