Editorial: A judge struck down the federal law barring this heinous practice. So the states need to step forward
Despite a worldwide campaign to stop the brutal practice of female genital cutting, it persists in communities across the globe, and especially in Africa and some Asian and Middle Eastern countries. Generally performed on girls under the age of 15, the procedure involves the removal of the female genitalia - a partial or total removal of the clitoris and sometimes the labia minora as well. In other instances,
