“Female Genital Mutilation is a deeply abhorrent practice”

The Scottish government published its ‘Female Genital Mutilation Bill’ last month, aimed at enhancing protection for women and girls who are at risk of Female Genital Mutilation.

Female Genital Mutilation, (FGM), a procedure which involves partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons, has been a specific criminal offence in the UK since the passage of the Prohibition of Female Circumcision Act 1985.