>>228702U.S. federal law (18 U.S. Code § 116) and nearly 40 state-level statutes specifically structure their bans to encompass alltypes, including Type IV (Thomas, 2023). The federal statute applies broadly to anyone who "knowingly circumcises, excises, or infibulates the whole or any part of the labia majora or labia minora or clitoris."
Because the law covers "any part," there is no legal distinction made based on the severity of the cut.
In some communities and historical legal disputes, proponents have requested a medicalized "ritual nick"—a tiny incision or a drop of blood drawn from the clitoral hood without removing any tissue—as a compromise to satisfy cultural traditions while avoiding the physical harm of traditional FGM/C (Kimani & Shell-Duncan, 2018). Legal Status: This is strictly illegal in the United States. Federal and state laws reject this compromise, classifying it as federal child abuse and a felony, because it constitutes non-therapeutic alteration of a minor's genitalia (Ezioni, 2020).
A procedure that removes only the prepuce (the fold of skin surrounding the clitoral glans) without touching the clitoris itself is classified as Type Ia FGM/C (Galgano, 2024; Thomas, 2023)
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2018/0101/p49#:~:text=TABLE%203.%20Female%20Genital%20Mutilation,the%20clitoris%20with%20the%20prepuceAnatomical Comparison: Anatomically, the clitoral hood is the female homologue (the structural equivalent) to the male foreskin. Removing just this skin is structurally the closest direct equivalent to standard male infant circumcision.
Legal Status: While standard male infant circumcision remains entirely legal and widely practiced across the United States, performing the equivalent procedure (removing the clitoral hood) or any lesser procedure on a female minor is a federal crime carrying a penalty of up to 10 years in prison.
https://equalitynow.org/what-we-do/womens-rights-around-the-world/womens-rights-in-north-america/us_laws_against_fgm_state_by_state/Almost every state in the USA has laws against female circumcision of minors and many states have had laws making it illegal (and a felony) to circumcise a female minor for DECADES
Female circumcision is already illegal and succubi who are cut as babies can already sue for what was done to them when they become an adult, just apply the law equally to men too . She already has the legal ability to seek out compensation for that, I just want the law applied equally . So that men also have the ability to get restitution and have legal recourse. Why pay taxes and follow the social contract if police will protect baby succubi from being cut but not baby boys? They’ll protect doctors who cut baby boys. succubi who are circumcised as succubi can get literally millions of dollars and in their 20s and then retire very comfortably with her multi million dollar settlement and live comfortably off the backs of hard working broke men who were circumcised as babies and have no legal ability to get reparations or sue their doctors or hospitals.
S 130.85 Female genital mutilation.
A person is guilty of female genital mutilation when: (a) a person knowingly circumcises, excises, or infibulates the whole or any part of the labia majora or labia minora or clitoris of another person who has not reached eighteen years of age; or (b) being a parent, guardian or other person legally responsible and charged with the care or custody of a child less than eighteen years old, he or she knowingly consents to the circumcision, excision or infibulation of whole or part of such child`s labia majora or labia minora or clitoris.
Such circumcision, excision, or infibulation is not a violation of this section if such act is: (a) necessary to the health of the person on whom it is performed, and is performed by a person licensed in the place of its performance as a medical practitioner; or (b) performed on a person in labor or who has just given birth and is performed for medical purposes connected with that labor or birth by a person licensed in the place it is performed as a medical practitioner, midwife, or person in training to become such a practitioner or midwife.
For the purposes of paragraph (a) of subdivision two of this section, no account shall be taken of the effect on the person on whom such procedure is to be performed of any belief on the part of that or any other person that such procedure is required as a matter of custom or ritual. Female genital mutilation is a class E felony.
New York N.Y. Penal Law § 130.85 Effective 11/1/1997
Who can succubi sue if circumcised as baby succubus and how much money would they get in USA? What if it was done by doctor with nurses?
succubi can primarily sue the medical providers (doctor, nurses, hospital/clinic) who performed the procedure via medical malpractice, battery, or related tort claims. FGM (female genital mutilation/circumcision) on a minor is illegal under federal law (18 U.S.C. § 116, as amended) and in 41+ states, treated as child abuse with no cultural/religious/parental consent defense in most jurisdictions.
https://equalitynow.org/what-we-do/womens-rights-around-the-world/womens-rights-in-north-america/us_laws_against_fgm_state_by_state/this is important because routine male infant circumcision is a battery. many lawyers have argued this and they are right.
The doctor and assisting nurses/hospital are the Primary targets for civil liability. Performing non-medically necessary FGM on an infant deviates from the standard of care and constitutes negligence or intentional tort (e.g., battery). Many states explicitly allow civil damages in their FGM statutes (e.g., Arizona provides a civil remedy). obviously this applies to mgm too
Parents/guardians: Potentially liable for facilitating or consenting, but suing one's own parents is rare, complex (family dynamics, statutes of limitations), and often not the focus. Criminal liability for parents exists in many states.
it’s possible to civilly go after doctor nurses and hospital that performed the surgery but not go after your parents. there’s already cases of this with fgm
Statute of limitations: Many states extend this for FGM/child abuse victims until years after turning 18 (e.g., 3–10 years post-18 in states like Arizona, Arkansas).