How many woman out there had a female circumcision?

Hopefully none in US: It is a criminal offense and banned in all civilised countries. There are still a few done in the middle east and north africa. There may be an occasional unfortunate woman who has immigrated or escaped to the us after undergoing female circumsision as a baby or later in chidhood. Have seen from somalia during 30 years as a pediatric urologist. Pediatric surgeon i know in cairo has repaired >100!

Genital Mutilation: Female genital mutilation is practiced on girls who are aged 4 to 10 in countries in the sub-sarahan, north-east africa, asia ; the middle east. In yemen most girls are cut by the age 2 weeks old. It effects 140 million females across the world. “some immigrants practice various forms of fgc in other parts of the world, including australia, canada, new zealand, the United States, ; in european.