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'''Khalid Adem''' ({{Construction SiteLifeData|1975}}) is an Ethiopian who was both the first person prosecuted and first person convicted for [[FGM|female genital mutilation]] (FGM) in the USA,<ref>There were, however, two people in California in 2004 charged with "conspiring" to commit an act of FGM. Adem was the first American prosecuted for actually performing the procedure.</ref><ref>{{REFjournal |last=Broussard |first=Patricia A. |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101105130120/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_go2943/is_1_15/ai_n29440595/ |title=Female genital mutilation: exploring strategies for ending ritualized torture; shaming, blaming, and utilizing the Convention against Torture |journal=Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy |volume=15 |issue=1 |date=2008 |publisher=Duke University School of Law |location=Durham |accessdate=2008-10-23}}</ref> stemming from charges that he had personally excised his 2-year-old daughter's clitoris] with a pair of scissors.<ref name="time">{{REFnews |last=Luscombe |first=Belinda |title=Has a U.S. Pediatrics Group Condoned Genital Cutting? |publisher=Time |date=2010-05-11 |url=http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1988434,00.html |accessdate=2010-05-18}}</ref><ref name="GDP">{{REFnews |last=Brock |first=J. |date=2006 |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312105115/http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=32&url_subchannel_id=&url_article_id=21092&change_well_id=7 |title=Adem gets 10 years in prison for mutilation |publisher=Gwinnett Daily Post |accessdate=2006-11-04}}</ref><ref>{{REFnews |last=The Associated Press |first= |title=Man Convicted in Daughter’s Mutilation |publisher=New York Times |date=2006-11-02 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/02/us/02brfs-001.html?_r=1 |accessdate=2008-12-01}}</ref>
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