Female genital mutilation and obstetric outcome: A cross-sectional comparative study in a tertiary hospital in Abakaliki South East Nigeria.

Background: Female genital mutilation (FGM) is an assault on womanhood.

Objective: To compare the obstetric outcome between parturient with genital mutilation with a cohort that has no genital mutilation.

Materials And Methods: This cross-sectional prospective study was done in the labour ward of Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki between 1st January 2013 and 31st December 2013.