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== Statements regarding male circumcision == | == Statements regarding male circumcision == | ||
Some medical trade associations have published an advisory statement regarding male circumcision. Male circumcision invariably causes [[Trauma| psychic and physical trauma]] and loss of various [[Foreskin#Physiological_functions| physiological functions]]. When performed on | Some medical trade associations have published an advisory statement regarding male [[circumcision]]. Male circumcision invariably causes [[Trauma| psychic and physical trauma]] and loss of various [[Foreskin#Physiological_functions| physiological functions]]. When performed on a newborn infant who cannot safely be given general anesthesia, circumcision causes extreme, traumatizing [[pain]]. For good reason, one may expect the statements to have been vetted by their legal departments prior to publication, so they are not purely medical statements. | ||
Typically, the statements may: | Typically, the statements may: | ||
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Statements that follow this formula offers advantages to a medical trade association: | Statements that follow this formula offers advantages to a medical trade association: | ||
* The absence of | * The absence of an actual recommendation for circumcision allows the association to escape claims for damages. | ||
* The absence of a condemnation of circumcision allows individual members to continue to profit from performing circumcisions. | * The absence of a condemnation of circumcision allows individual members to continue to profit from performing circumcisions. | ||
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==Legal issue== | ==Legal issue== | ||
Full disclosure of the pain, physical and psychic trauma, and loss of physiological | Full disclosure of the [[pain]], physical and psychic [[trauma]], and loss of [https://en.intactiwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Foreskin&action=edit§ion=8 physiological functions] caused by harmful and injurious [[circumcision]] would expose fellows/members to lawsuits for damages, so statements refrain from full disclosure of the harm and certain injury.<ref>{{REFjournal | ||
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