(Oil City News) A Wyoming House of Representatives bill would explicitly prohibit female genital mutilation in the state if it were to become law.
The legislation would also create new criminal sentencing guidelines for anyone convicted of engaging in female genital mutilation.
The bill defines female genital mutilation as “the partial or total removal of the clitoris, prepuce, labia minora, with or without excision of the labia majora, the narrowing of the vaginal opening such as through the creation of a covering seal formed by cutting and repositioning the inner or outer labia, with or without removal of the clitoris, any harmful procedure to the genitalia, including pricking, piercing, incising, scraping or cauterizing or any other actions intended to alter the structure or function of the female genitalia for nonmedical reasons.”
