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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. Such circumcisions expose the infant boy to all surgical risks without any compensating health benefit. | 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. Such circumcisions expose the infant boy to all surgical risks without any compensating health benefit. | ||
Newborn infants, which weigh only a few pounds, have very little blood in their tiny bodies, so any bleeding is a very serious matter. Loss of only a slight amount of blood can and does cause | Newborn infants, which weigh only a few pounds, have very little blood in their tiny bodies, so any bleeding is a very serious matter. Loss of only a slight amount of blood can and does cause [[exsanguination]] and ''hypovolemic [[shock]]''.<ref>{{REFweb | ||
|url=https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/hypovolemic+shock | |url=https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/hypovolemic+shock | ||
|title=Hypovolemic shock | |title=Hypovolemic shock | ||
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* [[Blood loss danger to infants]] | * [[Blood loss danger to infants]] | ||
* [[Cole Jordan Groth]] | |||
* [[Complication]] | * [[Complication]] | ||
* [[Death]] | * [[Death]] | ||
* [[Exsanguination]] | |||
* [[Fatalities]] | * [[Fatalities]] | ||
* [[Penile haematoma]] | * [[Penile haematoma]] | ||