The Strengthening the Opposition to Female Genital Mutilation Act of 2020, or STOP FGM Act of 2020, became law in January 2021 and gave vulnerable young women and girls more vital protection from the pain and lifelong consequences of female genital mutilation (FGM). This bipartisan legislation increased federal penalties for committing this heinous practice, expanded the scope […]
Author Archives: Andrea Bottner
Andrea G. Bottner is senior adviser to Independent Women’s Forum, founder of Bottner Strategies and former acting director of the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women. She wrote this for InsideSources.com.