Female genital mutilation/cutting and obstetrical anal sphincter injury risk in the United States
Emma Stirling-Cameron, Chelsey Perry, Jocelyn Stairs · 2026
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Emma Stirling-Cameron, Chelsey Perry and Jocelyn Stairs estimate, in 2026, how female genital cutting relates to severe tearing during childbirth in the United States. The practice affects over 230 million women and girls worldwide, and migration means American clinicians encounter it more often. Evidence from the United States itself was limited.
Using a national inpatient database for 2016 to 2019, the team studied singleton vaginal deliveries in hospital. Births involving genital cutting were rare in the data. After adjustment, those deliveries carried about three times the odds of obstetric anal sphincter injury, double the odds of heavy bleeding after birth and higher odds of a prolonged second stage. Episiotomy appeared to blunt the tearing risk. The authors urge prepared, informed maternity care.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Emma Stirling-Cameron, Chelsey Perry, Jocelyn Stairs |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 33 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |