Troy Stoeber

Troy Stoeber, MD, is an Oregon-based intactivist pediatric physician.

Dr. Stoeber has kindly provided an informative video about circumcision of the newborn for parents, however there are some issues:

Dr. Stoeber refers to the AAP Circumcision Policy Statement that was published in 2012. That statement was heavily criticized by many commentors. It was an embarrassment to the AAP, so it was allowed to expire, which occurred in 2017. It does not represent the present position of the AAP, which now has no official policy on circumcision.
Dr. Stoeber calls the foreskin "normal skin", but he fails to mention the intensive innervation of the ridged band, that makes it erogenous tissue.
Dr. Stoeber discusses the requirement to restrain the baby boy during the circumcision amputation, but fails to mention that the device used is the circumstraint.
Dr. Stoeber asserts that parents have a right to grant consent for circumcision of a newborn boy. This is based on a claim made by the Ad Hoc Task Force of the AAP in 1975.^[1] The AAP is a medical trade association and does not have authority to make law. A medically-unnecessary amputation of a functional foreskin without consent of the victim is disturbingly similar to aggravated battery.^[2]
Dr. Stoeber makes no mention of the multiple physiological functions of the foreskin, so one wonders if he is truly informed. This information is relevant and deserves mention.
The first principal of bioethics is "First, do no harm", however Dr. Stoeber is aware of the harm inherent in circumcision, yet continues to do them.

Publications

REFbook Stoeber, Troy (2026): The Deepest Hell: How Circumcision harms Kids. Retrieved 10 February 2026.

↑ REFjournal Thompson HC, King LR, King E, Corones SB. Report of the Ad Hoc Task Force on Circumcision. Pediatrics. October 1975; 56(4): 610-1. PMID. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
↑ Tuthill, Samantha-Rae (21 December 2023). Aggravated Battery, Criminal Defense Law. Retrieved 10 February 2026.