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{{WikipediaQuote |URL=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_genital_mutilation#Legislation |title=Female genital Mutilation: Legislation}}
{{WikipediaQuote |URL=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_genital_mutilation#Legislation |title=Female genital Mutilation: Legislation}}


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  |accessdate=2020-05-02
  |accessdate=2020-05-02
  |page=22
  |page=22
}}</ref> Sierra Leone criminalised FGM in January 2019,<ref name="SLReuters">{{REFweb
}}</ref> Sierra Leone criminalized FGM in January 2019,<ref name="SLReuters">{{REFweb
  |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-leone-women-fgm/sierra-leone-bans-fgm-in-clampdown-on-secret-societies-idUSKCN1PJ1WH
  |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-leone-women-fgm/sierra-leone-bans-fgm-in-clampdown-on-secret-societies-idUSKCN1PJ1WH
  |title=Sierra Leone bans FGM in clampdown on secret societies
  |title=Sierra Leone bans FGM in clampdown on secret societies
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  |publisher=CNN
  |publisher=CNN
  |date=2020-05-01
  |date=2020-05-01
}}</ref> Some Western countries, where FGM has not been traditionally practiced but where immigrants from traditionally FGM-practicing countries have moved to in the 20th and 21st century, have also criminalised FGM (12 countries as of November 2008).<ref name="CRR 2008">{{REFweb
}}</ref> Some Western countries, where FGM has not been traditionally practiced but where immigrants from traditionally FGM-practicing countries have moved to in the 20th and 21st century, have also criminalized FGM (12 countries as of November 2008).<ref name="CRR 2008">{{REFweb
  |url=https://www.reproductiverights.org/document/female-genital-mutilation-fgm-legal-prohibitions-worldwide
  |url=https://www.reproductiverights.org/document/female-genital-mutilation-fgm-legal-prohibitions-worldwide
  |title=Female Genital Mutilation (FGM): Legal Prohibitions Worldwide
  |title=Female Genital Mutilation (FGM): Legal Prohibitions Worldwide
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  |date=2008-11-12
  |date=2008-11-12
  |accessdate=2020-05-02
  |accessdate=2020-05-02
}}</ref> In the USA, U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman declared the female genital mutilation ban unconstitutional in 2018.<ref name="USA2018">{{REFnews
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/21/health/fgm-female-genital-mutilation-law.html/
|title=Federal Ban on Female Genital Mutilation Ruled Unconstitutional by Judge
|publisher=The New York Times
|date=2018-11-21
|accessdate=2021-09-21
}}</ref>
}}</ref>


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! ! class="unsortable"| Notes
! ! class="unsortable"| Notes
|-
|-
| {{flag|Australia}} || {{CMain|Illegal}} || 1994–7<ref name="CRR 2008"/> || Criminalised in 6/8 states as of November 2008.<ref name="CRR 2008"/>
| {{flag|Australia}} || {{CMain|Illegal}} || 1994–7<ref name="CRR 2008"/> || criminalized in 6/8 states as of November 2008.<ref name="CRR 2008"/>
|-
|-
| {{flag|Belgium}} || {{CMain|Illegal}} || 2000<ref name="CRR 2008"/> || As of November 2008.<ref name="CRR 2008"/>
| {{flag|Belgium}} || {{CMain|Illegal}} || 2000<ref name="CRR 2008"/> || As of November 2008.<ref name="CRR 2008"/>
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| {{flag|Cyprus}} || {{CMain|Illegal}} || 2003<ref name="CRR 2008"/> || As of November 2008.<ref name="CRR 2008"/>
| {{flag|Cyprus}} || {{CMain|Illegal}} || 2003<ref name="CRR 2008"/> || As of November 2008.<ref name="CRR 2008"/>
|-
|-
| {{flag|Denmark}} || {{CMain|Illegal}} || 2003<ref name="CRR 2008"/> || As of November 2008.<ref name="CRR 2008"/>
| {{flag|[[Denmark]]}} || {{CMain|Illegal}} || 2003<ref name="CRR 2008"/> || As of November 2008.<ref name="CRR 2008"/>
|-
|-
| {{flag|Djibouti}} || {{CMain|Illegal}} || 1994<ref name="CRR 2008"/> || As of September 2018.<ref name="28TM 2018"/>
| {{flag|Djibouti}} || {{CMain|Illegal}} || 1994<ref name="CRR 2008"/> || As of September 2018.<ref name="28TM 2018"/>
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| {{flag|Guinea}} || {{CMain|Illegal}} || 1965<ref name="CRR 2008"/> || New law enacted in 2000.<ref name="CRR 2008"/>  
| {{flag|Guinea}} || {{CMain|Illegal}} || 1965<ref name="CRR 2008"/> || New law enacted in 2000.<ref name="CRR 2008"/>  
|-
|-
| {{flag|Guinea Bissau}} || {{CMain|Illegal}} || || As of September 2018.<ref name="28TM 2018"/>
| {{flag|Guinea-Bissau}} || {{CMain|Illegal}} || || As of September 2018.<ref name="28TM 2018"/>
|-
|-
| {{flag|Italy}} || {{CMain|Illegal}} || 2005<ref name="CRR 2008"/> || As of November 2008.<ref name="CRR 2008"/>
| {{flag|Italy}} || {{CMain|Illegal}} || 2005<ref name="CRR 2008"/> || As of November 2008.<ref name="CRR 2008"/>
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| {{flag|Senegal}} || {{CMain|Illegal}} || 1999<ref name="CRR 2008"/> || As of September 2018.<ref name="28TM 2018"/>
| {{flag|Senegal}} || {{CMain|Illegal}} || 1999<ref name="CRR 2008"/> || As of September 2018.<ref name="28TM 2018"/>
|-
|-
| {{flag|Sierra Leone}} || {{CMain|Illegal}} || 2019 || Criminalised in 2019.<ref name="SLReuters"/>
| {{flag|Sierra Leone}} || {{CMain|Illegal}} || 2019 || criminalized in 2019.<ref name="SLReuters"/>
|-
|-
| {{flag|Somalia}} || {{CRecurring|Legal}} || || As of September 2018.<ref name="28TM 2018"/>
| {{flag|Somalia}} || {{CRecurring|Legal}} || || As of September 2018.<ref name="28TM 2018"/>
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| {{flag|Spain}} || {{CMain|Illegal}} || 2003<ref name="CRR 2008"/> || As of November 2008.<ref name="CRR 2008"/>
| {{flag|Spain}} || {{CMain|Illegal}} || 2003<ref name="CRR 2008"/> || As of November 2008.<ref name="CRR 2008"/>
|-
|-
| {{flag|Sudan}} || {{CMain|Illegal}} || 2020 || Criminalised in 2020.<ref name="SudanCNN"/>
| {{flag|Sudan}} || {{CMain|Illegal}} || 2020 || criminalized in 2020.<ref name="SudanCNN"/>
|-
|-
| {{flag|Sweden}} || {{CMain|Illegal}} || 1982<ref name="CRR 2008"/> || New law enacted in 1998.<ref name="CRR 2008"/>
| {{flag|Sweden}} || {{CMain|Illegal}} || 1982<ref name="CRR 2008"/> || New law enacted in 1998.<ref name="CRR 2008"/>
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| {{flag|United Kingdom}} || {{CMain|Illegal}} || 1985<ref name="CRR 2008"/> || As of November 2008.<ref name="CRR 2008"/>
| {{flag|United Kingdom}} || {{CMain|Illegal}} || 1985<ref name="CRR 2008"/> || As of November 2008.<ref name="CRR 2008"/>
|-
|-
| {{flag|United States}} || {{CMain|Illegal}} || 1996<ref name="CRR 2008"/> || Criminalised federally in 1996 and in 17/50 states (during 1994–2006) as of November 2008.<ref name="CRR 2008"/>
| {{flag|United States}} || {{CMain|Illegal}} || 1996<ref name="CRR 2008"/> || Criminalized federally in 1996 and in 17/50 states (during 1994–2006) as of November 2008.<ref name="CRR 2008"/>
|-
| {{flag|United States}} || {{CRecurring|Legal}} || 1998 || As of September 2018.<ref name="USA2018"/>
|}
|}


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* [[FGM]]
* [[FGM]]


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