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How Canadian Law Shapes the Health Care Experiences of Women with Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting/Circumcision and Their Providers: A Disjuncture Between Expectation and Actuality
Univ Toronto, Canada.
Univ Toronto, Canada.
Univ Toronto, Canada.
Linköping University, Department of Thematic Studies, The Department of Gender Studies. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Univ Toronto, Canada; Univ Toronto, Canada.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0770-5471
2023 (English)In: Archives of Sexual Behavior, ISSN 0004-0002, E-ISSN 1573-2800, Vol. 52, p. 107-119Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This study explored how the reproductive health care experiences of women with female genital mutilation/cutting/circumcision (FGC) were shaped. We used Institutional Ethnography, a sociological approach which allows for the study of social relations and the coordination of health care. From qualitatively interviewing eight women with FGC, we learned that they felt excluded within the Canadian health care system because they were unable to access reconstructive surgery, which was not covered by Ontarios universal health coverage (Ontario Health Insurance Plan). We then talked with seven obstetricians/gynecologists (OB/GYNs) and learned that while it was legal to perform certain genital (e.g., female genital cosmetic surgery) and reproductive (e.g., elective caesarean section) surgeries commonly requested by Western-born women, it was not legal for them to perform other genital surgeries often requested by immigrant populations (e.g., reinfibulation), nor were these covered by OHIP (e.g., clitoral reconstructive surgery). From participants comparison of clitoral reconstructive surgery and reinfibulation to female genital cosmetic and gender confirming surgeries, it became clear that the law and policies within the health care system favored surgeries elected by Western adults over those wished for by women with FGC. We found that the law had an impact on the choices that OB/GYNs and the women they treated could make, shaping their respective experiences. This created ethical dilemmas for OB/GYNs and a sense of exclusion from the health care system for women with FGC.

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Springer / Plenum , 2023. Vol. 52, p. 107-119
Keywords [en]
Female genital cutting; Female genital mutilation; Health care inequity; Criminal code; Ethical debate
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Psychiatry
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URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-189326DOI: 10.1007/s10508-022-02349-wISI: 000861161300006PubMedID: 36169778OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-189326DiVA, id: diva2:1704742
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Funding Agencies|Ontario Graduate Scholarship; Carol Mitchell and Richard Venn Fellowship in Womens Health; Canada Research Chair in Sexual and Gender Minority Health; Joyce Posluns Chair in Womens Brain Health and Aging; Posluns Family Foundation; Womens Brain Health Initiative; Canadian Institutes of Health Research; Ontario Brain Institute; Alzheimers Society of Canada; Jacqueline Ford Gender and Health Fund

Available from: 2022-10-19 Created: 2022-10-19 Last updated: 2023-10-26Bibliographically approved

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