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}}</ref> The percentage of [[circumcised]] males in Australia (prevalence) | }}</ref> The percentage of [[circumcised]] males in Australia (prevalence) was reported to be 26.6% in 2024.<ref>{{REFweb | ||
|url=https://circstatistics.github.io/ | |url=https://circstatistics.github.io/ | ||
|title=Global Circumcision Statistics and Estimates | |title=Global Circumcision Statistics and Estimates | ||
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[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-09/boy-dies-after-circumcision-in-perth-southern-suburbs/100687108 The homicide police have referred the death of the two-year-old toddler to the coroner for investigation].<ref name="white2021"/> | [https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-09/boy-dies-after-circumcision-in-perth-southern-suburbs/100687108 The homicide police have referred the death of the two-year-old toddler to the coroner for investigation].<ref name="white2021"/> | ||
Coroner Robyn Hartley has determined two-year old David Kalunga Flynn died from an overdose of morphine. The inquest found that Dr. Raad Hassan failed to monitor the two-year-old boy. He has been referred to the Western Australia medical "watchdog" for further action.<ref>{{REFnews | |||
|title=WA doctor Raad Hassan referred to health regulators over death of Perth boy following circumcision | |||
|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-22/gosnells-circumcision-death-coroner-finding-against-wa-doctor/105678826 | |||
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|publisher=Australia Broadcasting Corporation | |||
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|quote=While Mrs Flynn was trying to come to terms with that news, she was told Joseph needed to be transferred to Perth Children's Hospital where he underwent emergency surgery to control bleeding from his frenular artery, damaged during the circumcision. | |||
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=== AMA warns against circumcision === | === AMA warns against circumcision === | ||
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===Circumcision is a disability=== | |||
[[Dale Andersen| Dale Andersen-Giberson]], MSW, RSW. (2025) has described the disabilities caused by [[circumcision]].<ref name="andersen2025">{{REFjournal | |||
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|url=https://cdd.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cdd/article/view/39786/36016 | |||
|title=Circumcision and forced disability: Routine male neonatal circumcision and the consequences of amputation within a critical disability studies framework | |||
|journal=Critical Disability Discourses | |||
|date=2025-12 | |||
|volume=10 | |||
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|URL=https://cdd.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cdd/article/view/39786/36016 | |||
|DOI=https://doi.org/10.25071/1918-6215.39786 | |||
|quote=In a critical disability studies framework, it is argued that the act of amputating healthy erogenous tissue and the consequences of that amputation cause disability, particularly from a counter-hegemonic lens. | |||
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As a consequence, it appears that the efforts of the [[RACP]] to revitalize the [[circumcision industry]] in Australia<ref name="RACP2022" /> may have scant success. The incidence of non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of boys recently has been variously reported to be 4-10 percent. | As a consequence, it appears that the efforts of the [[RACP]] to revitalize the [[circumcision industry]] in Australia<ref name="RACP2022" /> may have scant success. The incidence of non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of boys recently has been variously reported to be 4-10 percent. | ||
[[Foreskinned]] men are in a strong and ever-increasing majority in Australia. | [[Foreskinned]] men and boys are in a strong and ever-increasing majority in Australia. | ||
==Parental information== | ==Parental information== | ||
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|title=Toddler dies and baby brother left in serious condition after circumcisions at Perth clinic | |||
|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/dec/09/toddler-dies-and-baby-brother-in-serious-condition-after-circumcisions-at-perth-clinic | |||
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|date=2025-02-23 | |date=2025-02-23 | ||
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|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/uncircumcised_talk/comments/1ra67be/first_uncircumcised_generation/ | |||
|title=First Intact generation | |||
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[[Category:Circumcision]] | [[Category:Circumcision]] | ||
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[[Category:Genital mutilation]] | [[Category:Genital mutilation]] | ||
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[[de:Australien]] | [[de:Australien]] | ||