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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is a Canadian medical journalist. She wrote a controversial article about [[circumcision]] in [[Canada]] in 1995.
'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' ({{LifeData||2016}}) was a Canadian medical journalist. PubMed Central indexes 82 published articles from 1973 through 2014.
 
She wrote a factually accurate, but controversial, article in 1995 about the decline in the practice of non-therapeutic infant [[circumcision]] in [[Canada]].
 
== Controversy ==
The ''Canadian Medical Association Journal'' published letters in response to the article by LeBourdais on 1 October 1995. There was a letter by Robin Chorn, who alleged [[antisemitism]], and another letter by Dr. Brian W. Gregory, who defended the practice of non-therapeutic neonatal circumcision on medical grounds.  This was followed by a response by LeBourdais and a letter of support by Dr. [[George C. Denniston]].<ref>{{REFjournal
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* [[Canada]]
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