Yet another circumcision botch from my Facebook news feed. These are way more common than circumcision advocates would like others to believe.
This one is unknown; the names have been blotted out for privacy.
What else can I say?
The foreskin is not a birth defect. Neither is it a congenital deformity or genetic anomaly akin to a 6th finger or a cleft. Neither is it a medical condition like a ruptured appendix or diseased gall bladder. Neither is it a dead part of the body, like the umbilical cord, hair, or fingernails.
The foreskin is not "extra skin." The foreskin is normal, natural, healthy, functioning tissue, present in all males at birth; it is as intrinsic to male genitalia as labia are to female genitalia.
Unless there is a medical or clinical indication, the circumcision of a healthy, non-consenting individuals is a deliberate wound; it is the destruction of normal, healthy tissue, the permanent disfigurement of normal, healthy organs, and by very definition, infant genital mutilation, child abuse, and a violation of the most basic of human rights.
Without medical or clinical indication, doctors have absolutely no business performing surgery in healthy, non-consenting individuals, much less be eliciting any kind of "decision" from parents.
The fact is 70% of the men in the world have anatomically correct penises, and there simply isn't an epidemic of "problems."
The highest prevalence of STDs including HIV can be observed in the US, where 80% of males are already circumcised from birth.
Only about 1% of males will ever need to be circumcised.
STDs are already better prevented with sex education and condoms.
The circumcision of healthy male infants is not medically necessary.
The risks of male infant circumcision include infection, partial or full ablation, hemorrhage, and even death.
Are American doctors fully informing parents of these facts?
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This one is unknown; the names have been blotted out for privacy.
What else can I say?
The foreskin is not a birth defect. Neither is it a congenital deformity or genetic anomaly akin to a 6th finger or a cleft. Neither is it a medical condition like a ruptured appendix or diseased gall bladder. Neither is it a dead part of the body, like the umbilical cord, hair, or fingernails.
The foreskin is not "extra skin." The foreskin is normal, natural, healthy, functioning tissue, present in all males at birth; it is as intrinsic to male genitalia as labia are to female genitalia.
Unless there is a medical or clinical indication, the circumcision of a healthy, non-consenting individuals is a deliberate wound; it is the destruction of normal, healthy tissue, the permanent disfigurement of normal, healthy organs, and by very definition, infant genital mutilation, child abuse, and a violation of the most basic of human rights.
Without medical or clinical indication, doctors have absolutely no business performing surgery in healthy, non-consenting individuals, much less be eliciting any kind of "decision" from parents.
Genital mutilation, whether it be wrapped in culture, religion or “research” is still genital mutilation.
It is mistaken, the belief that the right amount of “science” can be used to legitimize the deliberate violation of basic human rights.
The fact is 70% of the men in the world have anatomically correct penises, and there simply isn't an epidemic of "problems."
The highest prevalence of STDs including HIV can be observed in the US, where 80% of males are already circumcised from birth.
Only about 1% of males will ever need to be circumcised.
STDs are already better prevented with sex education and condoms.
The circumcision of healthy male infants is not medically necessary.
The risks of male infant circumcision include infection, partial or full ablation, hemorrhage, and even death.
Are American doctors fully informing parents of these facts?
Related Posts:
GEORGIA: Circumcision Sends a Baby to the NICU
CIRCUMCISION DEATH: This Time in Italy
CIRCUMCISION: Another Baby Dies
CIRCUMCISION DEATH: Yet Another One (I Hate Writing These)
Another Circumcision Death Comes to Light
CIRCUMCISION DEATH: Yet Another One (I Hate Writing These)
Another Circumcision Death Comes to Light
FACEBOOK: Two Botches and a Death
CIRCUMCISION DEATH: Child Dies After Doctor Convinces Ontario Couple to Circumcise
ONTARIO CIRCUMCISION DEATH: The Plot Thickens
Joseph4GI: The Circumcision Blame Game
CIRCUMCISION DEATH: Child Dies After Doctor Convinces Ontario Couple to Circumcise
ONTARIO CIRCUMCISION DEATH: The Plot Thickens
Joseph4GI: The Circumcision Blame Game
FACEBOOK: Two More Babies Nearly Succumb to Post Circumcision Hemorrhage
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