Circumcision of the newborn - Revision history

WikiModEn2: Add text and Wikify.

2026-03-14T12:47:07Z

Add text and Wikify.

← Older revision		Revision as of 12:47, 14 March 2026
Line 39:		Line 39:
	\|doi=		\|doi=
	\|accessdate=2025-04-17		\|accessdate=2025-04-17
	}}</ref>		}}</ref> Circumcision of the newborn in the materity hospital allows both the hospital and the obstetrician or other physician to get an [[Financial incentive\| additional compensation]].

	It is dangerous for newborn boys to receive general anesthesia, so when a newborn boy is [[circumcised]], he will experience severe [[pain]], [[Post-traumatic stress disorder\| stress]], and [[trauma]], and he will be put at risk of the known risks of circumcision surgery, including [[bleeding]], [[infection]], and [[Documented severe complications of circumcision\| surgical accident]]. Iacob et al. (2021) has identified [[Complication#47_classes_of_complications\| 47 classes of possible complications]].<ref name="iacob2021">{{REFjournal		It is dangerous for newborn boys to receive general anesthesia, so when a newborn boy is [[circumcised]], he will experience severe [[pain]], [[Post-traumatic stress disorder\| stress]], and [[trauma]], and he will be put at risk of the known risks of circumcision surgery, including [[bleeding]], [[infection]], and [[Documented severe complications of circumcision\| surgical accident]]. Iacob et al. (2021) has identified [[Complication#47_classes_of_complications\| 47 classes of possible complications]].<ref name="iacob2021">{{REFjournal
Line 64:		Line 64:
	Human milk is far superior to infant formula, so [[breastfeeding]] is highly recommended. [[Circumcised]] newborn infant boys are likely to be debilitated by the [[pain]] and [[trauma]] of circumcision and may be less able to breastfeed as compared with [[intact]] boys and girls.		Human milk is far superior to infant formula, so [[breastfeeding]] is highly recommended. [[Circumcised]] newborn infant boys are likely to be debilitated by the [[pain]] and [[trauma]] of circumcision and may be less able to breastfeed as compared with [[intact]] boys and girls.

	Male circumcision is harmful because it excises healthy tissue and permanently destroys beneﬁcial, protective, immunological, sexual, and sensory physiological functions. Male circumcision also causes psychological problems that tend to perpetuate the cycle of abuse. Male circumcision is a costly diversion of medical resources away from beneﬁcial services. Male circumcision violates legal rights, [[human rights]], and ethical standards. Finally, we must remember that males are the more vulnerable and sensitive of the two genders and, therefore, deserve the greater degree of protection from traumatic, invasive, injurious, and unnecessary surgery. For all of these reasons the non-therapeutic circumcision of boys should not be performed and the [[genital integrity]] of all children should be respected and protected.<ref name="hill2007">{{REFjournal		Male circumcision is harmful and disabling because it excises healthy tissue and permanently destroys beneﬁcial, protective, immunological, sexual, and sensory physiological functions. Male circumcision also causes psychological problems that tend to perpetuate the cycle of abuse. Male circumcision is a costly diversion of medical resources away from beneﬁcial services. Male circumcision violates legal rights, [[human rights]], and ethical standards. Finally, we must remember that males are the more vulnerable and sensitive of the two genders and, therefore, deserve the greater degree of protection from traumatic, invasive, injurious, and unnecessary surgery. For all of these reasons the non-therapeutic circumcision of boys should not be performed and the [[genital integrity]] of all children should be respected and protected.<ref name="hill2007">{{REFjournal
	\|last=Hill		\|last=Hill
	\|first=George		\|first=George

WikiModEn2: Add text and citation.

2026-03-13T16:12:28Z

Add text and citation.

@@ Line 122: / Line 122: @@
   |accessdate=2025-04-17
 }}</ref>
 [[Foreskinned]] infant boys are easier to [[Care of intact, foreskinned boys| care]] for than [[circumcised]] boys because they do not have an open wound in their feces filled diaper.

WikiModEn2: /* Loss of popularity */

2026-03-04T17:22:43Z

Loss of popularity

← Older revision		Revision as of 17:22, 4 March 2026
Line 201:		Line 201:
	\|accessdate=2025-09-29		\|accessdate=2025-09-29
	\|quote=From 2012 to 2022, the prevalence of circumcision during hospitalization of male neonates age 0 to 28 days decreased significantly by nearly 5 percentage points, from 54.1% to 49.3%,		\|quote=From 2012 to 2022, the prevalence of circumcision during hospitalization of male neonates age 0 to 28 days decreased significantly by nearly 5 percentage points, from 54.1% to 49.3%,
	}}</ref> Due to the continuing decline in popularity of circumcision, the predicted incidence of [[circumcision]] in the United States for 2026 is 47.7 percent, which leaves 52.3 percent of boys [[intact]].		}}</ref> Due to the continuing decline in popularity of circumcision, the predicted incidence of [[circumcision]] in the United States for 2026 is 47.7 percent, which leaves 52.3 percent of newborn boys [[intact]].

	{{SEEALSO}}		{{SEEALSO}}

WikiModEn2: /* Loss of popularity */ Add text.

2026-01-22T13:27:09Z

Loss of popularity: Add text.

← Older revision		Revision as of 13:27, 22 January 2026
Line 201:		Line 201:
	\|accessdate=2025-09-29		\|accessdate=2025-09-29
	\|quote=From 2012 to 2022, the prevalence of circumcision during hospitalization of male neonates age 0 to 28 days decreased significantly by nearly 5 percentage points, from 54.1% to 49.3%,		\|quote=From 2012 to 2022, the prevalence of circumcision during hospitalization of male neonates age 0 to 28 days decreased significantly by nearly 5 percentage points, from 54.1% to 49.3%,
	}}</ref>		}}</ref> Due to the continuing decline in popularity of circumcision, the predicted incidence of [[circumcision]] in the United States for 2026 is 47.7 percent, which leaves 52.3 percent of boys [[intact]].

	{{SEEALSO}}		{{SEEALSO}}

WikiModEn2: /* Loss of popularity */ Add external link.

2025-11-22T16:29:15Z

Loss of popularity: Add external link.

← Older revision		Revision as of 16:29, 22 November 2025
Line 209:		Line 209:
	* [[Surrogate consent]]		* [[Surrogate consent]]
	{{LINKS}}		{{LINKS}}
			* {{REFweb
			\|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/NewBorn/comments/u9c5og/questions_for_baby_boi_do_you_circumcised_your/
			\|title=Questions for baby boi do you circumcised your baby or leave it?
			\|last=Anonymous
			\|publisher=REDDIT
			\|date=2021
			\|accessdate=2025-11-22
			}}
	* {{REFweb		* {{REFweb
	\|url=https://intactamerica.org/circumcision-trauma-gaslit-generation/		\|url=https://intactamerica.org/circumcision-trauma-gaslit-generation/

WikiModEn2: /* Loss of popularity */ Add citation.

2025-10-17T21:36:23Z

Loss of popularity: Add citation.

@@ Line 126: / Line 126: @@
 ==Loss of popularity==
-Harmful, non-therapeutic circumcision of the newborn in the [[United States]] hit its peak in 1965 and has been slowly but continuously declining in popularity ever since.
+Harmful, non-therapeutic circumcision of the newborn in the [[United States]] hit its peak in 1965<ref name="laumann1997">{{REFjournal
 {{SEEALSO}}

WikiModEn2: Add section.

2025-10-17T20:58:54Z

Add section.

← Older revision		Revision as of 20:58, 17 October 2025
Line 124:		Line 124:

	[[Foreskinned]] infant boys are easier to [[Care of intact, foreskinned boys\| care]] for than [[circumcised]] boys because they do not have an open wound in their feces filled diaper.		[[Foreskinned]] infant boys are easier to [[Care of intact, foreskinned boys\| care]] for than [[circumcised]] boys because they do not have an open wound in their feces filled diaper.

			==Loss of popularity==
			Harmful, non-therapeutic circumcision of the newborn in the [[United States]] hit its peak in 1965 and has been slowly but continuously declining in popularity ever since.

	{{SEEALSO}}		{{SEEALSO}}

WikiModEn2 at 22:51, 7 July 2025

2025-07-07T22:51:32Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 22:51, 7 July 2025
Line 11:		Line 11:
	}}</ref>		}}</ref>

	'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' has been heavily promoted by the [[circumcision industry]] in the [[United States of America]] for more than a century. Circumcision of the newborn does not treat or provent disease as no disease is present. There is no medical indication for [[circumcision]], so '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is seldom practiced ~~out side~~ of the [[United States]] because newborn boys are born with healthy, protective [[foreskin]],<ref name="mansfield1995">{{REFjournal		'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' has been heavily promoted by the [[circumcision industry]] in the [[United States of America]] for more than a century. Circumcision of the newborn does not treat or provent disease as no disease is present. There is no medical indication for [[circumcision]], so '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is seldom practiced outside of the [[United States]] because newborn boys are born with healthy, protective [[foreskin]],<ref name="mansfield1995">{{REFjournal
	\|last=Mansfield		\|last=Mansfield
	\|first=		\|first=

WikiModEn2: Add external link.

2025-05-23T01:09:50Z

Add external link.

@@ Line 130: / Line 130: @@
 * [[Protection of intact newborns in hospital]]
 * [[Surrogate consent]]
 {{REF}}

WikiModEn2: Add citation.

2025-04-30T17:55:48Z

Add citation.

← Older revision		Revision as of 17:55, 30 April 2025
Line 129:		Line 129:
	* [[Cole Jordan Groth]]		* [[Cole Jordan Groth]]
	* [[Protection of intact newborns in hospital]]		* [[Protection of intact newborns in hospital]]
			* [[Surrogate consent]]
	{{REF}}		{{REF}}