There’s a biblical difference between circumcision and FGM. We should not equate the two as being the same kind of mutilation when one was once commanded by God as the sign of the covenant. For that reason alone, governments have no authority to outlaw circumcision.
Galatians 6: Not Circumcision but the New Creation 11 See what large letters I use as I write to you with my own hand! 12 Those who want to impress people by means of the flesh are trying to compel you to be circumcised. The only reason they do this is to avoid being persecuted