Maine Democrat Sara Gideon Killed Bills Outlawing Female Genital Mutilation – IOTW Report

Maine Democrat Sara Gideon Killed Bills Outlawing Female Genital Mutilation

WFB: Maine Dems argued legislation was racist.

Democratic Senate candidate Sara Gideon repeatedly killed bills to outlaw female genital mutilation during her tenure as the speaker of the Maine House of Representatives.

Gideon leveraged her leadership position in the Democrat-controlled legislature to kill two separate bills that would have criminalized the practice of severing the clitoris of infant girls and sewing their vaginas shut. Instead, the Democrat supported a different law that would have funnelled $150,000 to her political allies to educate Mainers about the practice instead of criminalizing it, according to a former state legislator who spearheaded the push to stop the mutilation.

Under Gideon’s leadership, Maine Democrats argued that the bill was racist toward the state’s large immigrant community from Somalia, a country where the practice is “nearly universal” according to the United Nations. The Democrats also argued that the practice rarely takes place in Maine and is already outlawed by existing federal and local laws.

Gideon’s efforts have helped make Maine one of only 12 states that have not banned female genital mutilation. Such a legacy threatens to complicate her cultivated image as a champion of women’s rights, one built on her consistent support for abortion access and the #MeToo movement. The image strategy has paid off, translating into hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations and outside money support from national pro-abortion groups. Gideon did not respond to a request for comment. read more

15 Comments on Maine Democrat Sara Gideon Killed Bills Outlawing Female Genital Mutilation

  1. It’s been a while, but remember that interview posted here between Fr. Fessio and Eric Metaxas?

    “AA: ‘[Father Fessio] was talking about either a book he wrote or that someone else recently wrote about extremist muslims and where they are — which phase — with jihad in America. Interestingly, he was emphatic about ALL Somali’s being here for one thing — to kill Americans.’

    I believe what he says is true. There is no place whatsoever for the barbaric practices of Somali muslims in western culture. This woman is out of her ever-lovin’ skull. Too hard up for votes.

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  2. I’d like to see someone somewhere introduce legislation to outlaw genital mutilation of any child younger than the age of majority. Boys as well as girls. The only justification for removing healthy tissue is if the child has a serious medical problem. It’s barbaric in all other cases.

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  3. Whenever anything done or said is dirty, reprehensible, filthy, immoral, degenerate, sick, criminal, or perverted just remind yourself that it is coming from democrats and you will be instantly awake and on your guard!

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  4. Where does it say in the Bible or the Koran
    ,for that matter,to mutilate & butcher a
    woman made by God and destroy her lady parts.
    That is destroying God’s work and I wouldn’t
    want to be that person…

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  5. BTW, Years ago I thought it was
    tiny snip and clip.See the horrific
    pix on web.Every thing gets cut away!
    Forever.Forgive my vulgarity but it now
    looks like an anus.

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  6. Gideon is an alum of Soros’ Emerge America. She’s married to an ambulance chasing lawyer and lives in a waterfront home next door to an aunt of mine. They are not crazy about her.
    She is from NYC.
    The Legislature is supposed to meet once a week for about 8 weeks but she pulls “emergency sessions” so it’s a year round job that pays $13,000. So people who have jobs can’t run for office.
    She wants a .40 tax per gallon of gas and every other commie idea you can think of.
    Her ads say she won’t take pac money but she has a couple of pacs of her own that do take dark money and pac money.
    She’s basically a bold faced lying Soros puppet.

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