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The vast majority of circumcisions performed in the United States are medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic circumcisions performed on newborn infants in which there is no medical indication or disease of any kind present.
Newborn infants, which weigh only a few pounds, have very little blood in their tiny bodies. Loss of only a slight amount of blood can and does cause exsangination and ''hypovolemic shock''. <ref>{{REFweb |url=https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/hypovolemic+shock |title=Hypovolemic shock |trans-title= |language= |last= |first= |author-link= |publisher=Farlex |website=The Free Dictionary |date= |accessdate=2020-01-16 |format= |quote=}}</ref> Losing over 2.4 ounces of blood may cause death.
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