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| | [[CHHRP|Canadian Children’s Health and Human Rights Partnership (CHHRP)]] Founder and Medical Director Dr. '''Christopher Guest''', {{MD}}, {{FRCPC}}, is Chief of Radiology at the Royal Victoria Regional Hospital in Barrie, Ontario. Dr. Guest has been opposed to [[circumcision]] since 1994, when he took a conscientious objector position to it in medical school. Since that time he has produced several powerful videos aimed at educating the public about the practice, and written numerous published pieces. | ||
== Videos == | |||
=== Circumcision: The Whole Story === | |||
His video [[Circumcision: The Whole Story]] is a fantastic introduction to anyone who’s new to the issue. | |||
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeAXantm4tE</youtube> | |||
=== Discussing Circumcision - Dr. Christopher Guest === | |||
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQIp9f4krVQ</youtube> | |||
== Award for intactivism == | |||
Guest was chosen "[[Intactivist of the Month]]" by [[Intact America]] in July 2013. | |||
{{Citation | {{Citation | ||
|Text=In this age of modern medicine, with all of our technology and knowledge and progress, how is it possible for physicians to promote such a primitive and cruel practice as circumcision? It is difficult to imagine anything more disturbing than the ritualistic mutilation of infant genitalia. The | |Text=In this age of modern medicine, with all of our technology and knowledge and progress, how is it possible for physicians to promote such a primitive and cruel practice as circumcision? It is difficult to imagine anything more disturbing than the ritualistic mutilation of infant genitalia. The medicalisation of this ritual is simply a disgrace to our profession. Forced infant circumcision is medically unethical, it is irrational, it is unscientific and it constitutes a gross violation of [[human rights]]. | ||
|Author=Christopher L. Guest | |Author=Christopher L. Guest | ||
|Source=Interview with [[Intact America]] | |Source=Interview with [[Intact America]] | ||
|ref=<ref> | |ref=<ref>{{REFweb | ||
|url=https://www.intactamerica.org/iotm-dr-christopher-guest/ | |||
|title=Intactivist of the Month July 2013 | |||
|publisher=[[Intact America]] | |||
|accessdate=2022-10-30 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
}} | }} | ||
{{SEEALSO}} | |||
* [[Canada]] | |||
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