Britain’s first FGM prosecution is all too politically convenient

Rosa writes for The Conversation:

On 21 March, the Crown Prosecution Service announced the first prosecution of a person accused of female genital mutilation (FGM) in the UK. Dr Dhanuson Dharmasena, a doctor at the Whittington Hospital in London, will be prosecuted under Section 1(1) of the Female Genital Mutilation Act (2003).

via Britain’s first FGM prosecution is all too politically convenient.