Per the New York State Office of Children and Family Services Mandated Reporter definitions of neglect:
The minimum degree of care standard does not necessarily equate to optimal parenting.... When determining whether the minimum degree of care was taken, we must consider whether the parent was financially able to provide for the child or was offered financial or other means to do so. Remember, poverty in and of itself, is not maltreatment or abuse. NYSMandatedReporter.org
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In 2008, the World Health Assembly passed resolution
WHA61.16 on the elimination of female genital mutilation. FGM is a crime under federal law except in circumstances where it is deemed necessary to the health of the person on whom it is performed and when performed by a medical practitioner (
18 USC §116: Female genital mutilation) In New York State, female genital mutilation is a felony Class E offense. According to
New York Penal Code §130.85, it is the excision, circumcision or infibulation of any part of the clitoris or labia of a girl who is younger than eighteen years of age.
