Given the subject matter, I am extremely uncomfortable with having to reveal Doug Lamborn’s voting record on female genital mutilation. Documentation of his record on this matter is provided below. There are other uncomfortable revelations about Doug Lamborn’s voting record that are forthcoming, but will be made only with documentation so that the reader may substantiate for himself what Lamborn’s record is.
As a Colorado State Senator, Doug Lamborn consistently voted against a ban on female genital mutilation. In 1998, the third year a female genital mutilation bill was introduced in Colorado to ban this violent act against women and young girls, Lamborn was the sole dissenting vote in the Senate. That year, the bill passed the Colorado Senate 31 to 1, with Lamborn calling the bill “unnecessary”. Here’s the documentation. http://www.highbeam….
Female genital mutilation (known as FGM or female circumcision) does occur in Colorado. During a four week outreach effort in 1998, the Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault met and spoke with more than 170 women and girls living in Denver who had either been mutilated or were at risk of mutilation. Each year from 1996 until 1999, Sen. Dorothy Rupert (Boulder) had introduced legislation to make FGM a crime of child abuse while creating an educational and outreach program for prevention. The Colorado legislature finally recognized that this devastating practice must not continue and passed S.B. 96, which officially banned female genital mutilation. (Source: the Colorado Women’s Agenda scorecord for the 1999 Colorado legislature, where Doug Lamborn was rated with a low score of 30 out of 100 points. http://www.womensage…)
If you link to the site above, you will see that the Colorado Women’s Agenda SUPPORTED this bill. Of the 35 senators voting on this bill, Doug Lamborn was one of only 3 to vote against the bill that became law. The bill passed the Senate 32-3, passed the House (with amendments) 56-5. The Senate concurred with the House amendments and repassed the bill, and it was then signed into law by Governor Owens.
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…of a very misguided guy. Why did El Paso County elect this guy?
they a pro-“life”
The catch is in their definition of that one word.
Does Lamborn even know what female genitalia are? Does he understand how female genitalia can be mutilated? I wonder if a staff had to draw him a picture……
That would be pornography and Doug Lamborn would never look at pornography.
Maybe I just think that because the thought of him coming up with this stuff on his own is scarier….
Source for the following, at page 6 of 16, at the top thereof, which explains the provisions of H.B. 61, the bill that Lamborn voted against: http://www.reproduct…
B. Colorado. On May 24, 1999, Colorado amended its Criminal Code to classify Female Genital Mutilation as a form of child abuse, effective on the date of the law’s enactment. Defining the term “child” as a person under the age of 16, the law provides that a person commits child abuse if he or she “excises or infibulates, in whole or in part, the labia majora, labia minora, vulva, or clitoris of a female child.” A “parent, guardian, or other person legally responsible for a female child or charged with the care or custody of a female child” commits child abuse if he or she “allows” the procedure to be performed on the child.55 The Criminal Code expressly rules out a defense that cites custom, ritual, or standard practice. Nor is the consent of the minor, her parent, or legal guardian to be considered a defense to a charge under this law. The law does not prohibit a procedure that is necessary to “preserve the health” of a child or that is performed on a child “who is in labor or who has just given birth and is performed for medical purposes connected with that labor
or birth” by a licensed medical practitioner. An act of child abuse carried out “knowingly or recklessly” that results in “serious bodily injury to the child” is considered a class three felony and is punishable by a minimum of four years imprisonment. The Colorado legislation also calls for the creation of a fund to support education and outreach activities, although it does not authorize appropriation of State money for these activities. Subject to available funding, the Department of Public Health and Environment is to implement “culturally sensitive education, prevention, and outreach activities” regarding the health risks and the emotional and psychological trauma involved in the practice of FGM. Funds are also to be used to inform the medical community and other appropriate communities of the criminal penalties for performing FGM, as well as to inform the medical community about the “recommended standards of practice involving the recognition and treatment of FGM.”
Here are his two most recent bills:
1. H.RES.392 : Urging Americans and people of all nationalities to visit the American Cemeteries, Memorials and Markers.
Sponsor: Rep Lamborn, Doug [CO-5] (introduced 5/10/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Veterans’ Affairs
Latest Major Action: 5/23/2007 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote.
2. H.RES.395 : Supporting the ideals and values of the Olympic movement.
Sponsor: Rep Lamborn, Doug [CO-5] (introduced 5/10/2007) Cosponsors (30)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 5/23/2007 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, by Unanimous Consent.
of navigating through Congress a water bill that will protect Pueblo’s water rights–water that the 5th CD’s biggest city, Colorado Springs says Pueblo shouldn’t have. http://www.gazette.c…