Legal Opinion
Khadija Mohammed v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General, Khadija Ahmed Mohamed v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 10, 2005No. 07-1164PublishedCited by 819 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge.
Female genital mutilation involves the cutting and removal of all or some of a girl or a woman’s external genitalia. Often performed under unsanitary conditions with rudimentary instruments, the procedure is “extremely painful” and “permanently disfigures the female genitalia ... exposing] the girl or woman to the risk of serious, potentially life-threatening complications.” In re Kasinga, 21 I. & N. Dec. 357, 361 (BIA 1996); see also Abay v. Ashcroft, 368 F.3d 634, 638 (6th Cir.2004); Abankwah v. INS, 185 F.3d 18, 23 (2d Cir.1999). Khadija Ahmed Mohamed, 1 a…
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