Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

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Effects of antenatal care visits and health facility delivery on women's choice to circumcise their daughters in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from demographic and health surveys

“…FGM is often associated with several complications, including severe pain (usually when anaesthetic agents are absent), acute urinary retention, vaginal lacerations at coitus and haemorrhage inter alia . 3 , 9 , 10 Thus FGM in the long term may result in poor quality of life, death or both. 11 …”