Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in the United States: Updated Estimates of Women and Girls at Risk, 2012.

CONCLUSION: The estimated increase was wholly a result of rapid growth in the number of immigrants from FGM/C-practicing countries living in the United States and not from increases in FGM/C prevalence in those countries. Scientifically valid information regarding whether women or their daughters have actually undergone FGM/C and related information that can contribute to efforts to prevent the practice in the United States and provide needed health services to women who have undergone FGM/C are needed. PMID: 26957669 [PubMed - in process]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26957669?dopt=Abstract

Source: Public Health Reports - March 10, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Public Health Rep Source Type: research