RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge.
North Dakota has a statute that makes so-called "female circumcision," perhaps better described as female genital mutilation, a crime. N.D.Cent.Code § 12.1-36-01. Circumcision of males, however, is not prohibited. The three plaintiffs in this case contend that the State is in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment on account of this distinction.
The plaintiffs are Donna Fishbeck, Jody McLaughlin...
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