""The Department of Justice will not sit idly by while doctors, motivated by ideology, profits, or both, exploit and mutilate our children. Under my watch, the Department will act decisively to protect our children and hold accountable those who mutilate them under the guise of care.""
""I am putting medical practitioners, hospitals, and clinics on notice: In the United States, it is a felony to perform, attempt to perform, or conspire to perform female genital mutilation on any person under the age of 18. That crime carries a maximum prison sentence of 10 years per count.""
""The memo goes on to say that the DOJ will go after 'on- or off-label use of puberty blockers, sex hormones, or any other drug used to facilitate a child's so-called 'gender-affirming care.'""
Pam Bondi issued a memo to the DOJ to investigate and prosecute cases of minors receiving gender-affirming care as female genital mutilation. The memo states that the DOJ will not tolerate exploitation of children by medical practitioners. It emphasizes that performing FGM on minors is a felony with severe penalties. The memo instructs U.S. Attorneys to pursue all suspected FGM cases related to gender-affirming care. However, gender-affirming genital surgery is not performed on minors in the U.S., and the memo's implications remain unclear.
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