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Doctors who deny babies feel pain are wrong.<ref name="milos2022-05-06">{{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-do-babies-feel-pain/
|title=Ask Marilyn – Do Babies Feel Pain?
|last=Milos
|first=
|init=MF
|author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2022-06-06
|accessdate=2024-10-25
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==Infant circumcision==
==Infant circumcision==


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  |DOI=https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.1090570409
  |DOI=https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.1090570409
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}}</ref> Winkelmann (1956) stated the human newborn prepuce "is a region of great sensitivity and possessed of an abundant nerve supply."<ref name="winkelmann1956">{{REFjournal
|last=Winkelmann
|init=RK
|author-link=R. K. Winkelmann
|title=The cutaneous innervation of human newborn prepuce
|journal=Journal of investigative dermatology
|volume=26
|issue=1
|pages=53–67
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/winkelmann2/
|pubmedID=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/13295637?dopt=Abstract
|date=1956
|accessdate=2024-05-14
}}</ref>


There are four painful steps in every infant [[circumcision]]:<ref name="bellini2022>{{REFjournal
There are four painful steps in every infant [[circumcision]]:<ref name="bellini2022>{{REFjournal
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Parents who choose to have a son [[circumcised]] may expect the infant boy to be uncomfortable and fussy for some time. The surgical pain may be expected to last for three weeks.
Parents who choose to have a son [[circumcised]] may expect the infant boy to be uncomfortable and fussy for some time.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://thewholetruth.data.blog/2025/06/25/fussy-boys-calm-girls-how-circumcision-distorts-our-view-of-gender-behavior/
|title=Fussy Boys & Calm Girls: How Circumcision Distorts Our View of Gender Behavior
|last=Barrett
|first=
|init=JL
|author-link=
|publisher=The Whole Truth
|date=2025-06-25
|accessdate=2025-06-26
}}</ref> The surgical pain may be expected to last for three weeks.<ref name="garrett2024">{{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/timeline-of-circumcision-suffering/
|title=A Timeline of Circumcision Suffering: A Detailed Look
|last=Garrett
|first=
|init=C
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2024-02-02
|accessdate=2024-05-09
}}</ref>


===Traumatic effect of infant circumcision===
===Traumatic effect of infant circumcision===
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====Finding an ethical way to do painful non-therapeutic circumcision====
====Finding an ethical way to do painful non-therapeutic circumcision====


The financially and psychologically vested circumcision industry suddenly found itself in a predicament. It was now suddenly proven beyond any shadow of a doubt that newborn baby boys can feel intense pain. Medical ethics and the standard of care now necessitated pain relief, however it is dangerous to give general anesthesia to neonates. [[Edward Wallerstein]] (1985) had proposed that [[Routine Infant Circumcision| routine]] (non-therapeutic) circumcision of baby boys be eliminated just as routine tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy previously had been eliminated,<ref name="wallerstein1985">{{REFjournal
The financially and psychologically vested [[circumcision industry]] suddenly found itself in a predicament. It was now suddenly proven beyond any shadow of a doubt that newborn baby boys can feel intense pain. Medical ethics and the standard of care now necessitated pain relief, however it is dangerous to give general anesthesia to neonates. [[Edward Wallerstein]] (1985) had proposed that [[Routine Infant Circumcision| routine]] (non-therapeutic) circumcision of baby boys be eliminated just as routine tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy previously had been eliminated,<ref name="wallerstein1985">{{REFjournal
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  |last=Wallerstein
  |first=Edward
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The practice of non-therapeutic circumcision of boys has nearly died out in [[Australia]].
The practice of non-therapeutic circumcision of boys has nearly died out in [[Australia]].


== Pain's injury to the infant nervous system ==
==Injury to the infant nervous system==


Anand & Hickey (1985) conclusively demonstrated that infants feel pain and feel it more intensely than adults.<ref name="anand1987"/>
Anand & Hickey (1985) conclusively demonstrated that infants feel pain and feel it more intensely than adults.<ref name="anand1987"/>
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==Videos==
==Videos==
 
===Infant circumcision operation===
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=== Infant circumcision procedure ===
=== Infant circumcision procedure ===


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[[Ronald Goldman]] discussed pain and trauma in a video by [[Brendon Marotta]]:
[[Ronald Goldman]] discussed pain and trauma in a video by [[Brendon Marotta]]:
 
===Part Three: Can Babies Really Feel Pain?===
<youtube>lNItNHs9PR8</youtube>
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==Adolescent and adult circumcision==
==Adolescent and adult circumcision==
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{{SEEALSO}}
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Breastfeeding]]
* [[Circumstraint]]
* [[Circumstraint]]
* [[Does Cosmetic Surgery Harm Babies?]]
* [[Does Cosmetic Surgery Harm Babies?]]
* [[Pain Petition to the American Academy of Pediatrics]]
* [[Post-traumatic stress disorder]]
* [[Post-traumatic stress disorder]]
* [[Psychological issues of male circumcision]]
* [[Psychological issues of male circumcision]]
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* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/circumcision-a-barbaric-practice-with-consequences/
|title=Circumcision: A Barbaric Practice with Consequences No One Talks About
|last=Garrett
|first=Connor
|init=
|author-link=Connor Judson Garrett
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2024-08-28
|accessdate=2024-09-05
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/expose-how-brutal-circumcision-is/
|title=9 Comparisons to Expose How Brutal Circumcision Is
|last=Alissa
|first=Kristel
|init=
|author-link=Kristel Alissa
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2025-01-27
|accessdate=2025-02-02
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/uncircumcised_talk/comments/1odyxlr/comment/nkz1xeo/
|title=Question for the fathers on here
|last=Anonymous
|first=
|init=
|author-link=
|publisher=REDDIT
|date=2025-10-23
|accessdate=2025-10-23
}}
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