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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  709D.1  FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION
  1  2 – FEMALE MINOR – EDUCATION – PENALTY.
  1  3    1.  Except as provided in subsection 2, a person who
  1  4 knowingly performs female genital mutilation on a female minor
  1  5 is guilty of a class "C" felony.
  1  6    2.  This section does not apply to a surgical operation
  1  7 performed by a licensed medical practitioner that is necessary
  1  8 for the health of a female minor or that is necessary to
  1  9 correct an anatomical abnormality of a female minor.
  1 10    3.  In any prosecution pursuant to this section, it is not
  1 11 an affirmative defense, and consideration shall not be given
  1 12 to a belief of the person on whom the procedure would be
  1 13 performed or of any other person that the female genital
  1 14 mutilation is required as a matter of custom, ritual, or
  1 15 standard of practice.
  1 16    4.  In addition to any other sentence imposed or counseling
  1 17 ordered, a person convicted of female genital mutilation shall
  1 18 also be ordered to attend, at the person's own expense, a
  1 19 batterers' treatment program pursuant to section 708.2B.
  1 20    5.  In addition to any other court costs or assessments
  1 21 imposed, a person convicted of female genital mutilation shall
  1 22 pay a twenty-five dollar assessment.  The moneys collected
  1 23 under this subsection shall be deposited in the general fund
  1 24 of the state.
  1 25    6.  The director of public health shall carry out
  1 26 appropriate education, prevention, and outreach activities to
  1 27 inform the public about the health risks and emotional trauma
  1 28 inflicted by the practice of female genital mutilation and to
  1 29 inform the public and the medical community of the criminal
  1 30 penalties contained in this section.  The director shall work
  1 31 to obtain private funds to help finance these prevention and
  1 32 outreach activities.
  1 33    7.  For the purposes of this section, "female genital
  1 34 mutilation" means the separation or surgical alteration of
  1 35 normal, healthy, functioning female genital tissue.  
  2  1                           EXPLANATION
  2  2    This bill prohibits female genital mutilation of a female
  2  3 minor which is the separation or surgical alteration of
  2  4 normal, healthy, functioning female genital tissue.  A person
  2  5 who violates the provisions of the bill is guilty of a class
  2  6 "C" felony, which is punishable by confinement of not more
  2  7 than 10 years and a fine of at least $1,000 but not more than
  2  8 $10,000.  The bill provides that a licensed medical
  2  9 professional who performs a surgical operation necessary for
  2 10 the health of the female minor or that is necessary to correct
  2 11 an anatomical abnormality is not in violation of the bill.
  2 12 The bill also provides that a belief that the procedure is
  2 13 required as a matter of custom, ritual, or standard of
  2 14 practice is not to be considered in any prosecution pursuant
  2 15 to the bill and is not an affirmative defense.  In addition, a
  2 16 person convicted of female genital mutilation is also required
  2 17 to attend a batterers' treatment program and is required to
  2 18 pay an assessment of $25, with the moneys collected to be
  2 19 deposited in the general fund of the state.  The bill also
  2 20 directs the director of public health to carry out appropriate
  2 21 education, prevention, and outreach activities to inform the
  2 22 public of the health risks, emotional trauma, and criminal
  2 23 penalties associated with female genital mutilation.  The
  2 24 director is to work to obtain private funds to finance the
  2 25 activities.  
  2 26 LSB 6582SV 79
  2 27 pf/sh/8
     

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