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* Circumcision of newborn boys does ''not'' treat or prevent disease. | * Circumcision of newborn boys does ''not'' treat or prevent disease. | ||
* Amputation of the [[Immunological_and_protective_function_of_the_foreskin#The_protective_and_hygienic_function_of_the_foreskin| protective foreskin]] does ''not'' improve health or well-being. | * Amputation of the [[Immunological_and_protective_function_of_the_foreskin#The_protective_and_hygienic_function_of_the_foreskin| protective foreskin]] does ''not'' improve health or well-being. | ||
| + | * [[Circumcised]] boys have [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S002234682400407X three times] more penis problems than [[intact]] boys. | ||
* Circumcision does subject a boy to risk of [[bleeding| hemorrhage]], [[infection]], and surgical mishap. | * Circumcision does subject a boy to risk of [[bleeding| hemorrhage]], [[infection]], and surgical mishap. | ||
* Surgical mishap includes loss of the [[glans penis]], [[Complete penile amputation| loss of the entire penis]], and [[death]]. | * Surgical mishap includes loss of the [[glans penis]], [[Complete penile amputation| loss of the entire penis]], and [[death]]. | ||
| + | * The foreskin has [http://www.savingsons.org/2015/09/foreskin-and-its-16-functions-not-just.html 16 important protective, immunological, sensory, and sexual physiological functions]. | ||
* The foreskin ''does'' [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin| prevent infection and disease]]. | * The foreskin ''does'' [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin| prevent infection and disease]]. | ||
| + | * [[Urinary_tract_infection#Treatment| The proper treatment of a urinary tract infection is with antibiotics]], not surgery. | ||
* The foreskin prevents [[meatal stenosis]]. | * The foreskin prevents [[meatal stenosis]]. | ||
* Infant circumcision causes extreme [[pain]]. | * Infant circumcision causes extreme [[pain]]. | ||
Latest revision as of 21:54, 5 January 2025
- Boys are born with a healthy, protective foreskin.
- Circumcision is a surgical operation to excise and amputate the foreskin.
- No disease is present in the penis of newborn boys.
- There are no medical indications for circumcision of newborn boys.
- Circumcision of newborn boys does not treat or prevent disease.
- Amputation of the protective foreskin does not improve health or well-being.
- Circumcised boys have three times more penis problems than intact boys.
- Circumcision does subject a boy to risk of hemorrhage, infection, and surgical mishap.
- Surgical mishap includes loss of the glans penis, loss of the entire penis, and death.
- The foreskin has 16 important protective, immunological, sensory, and sexual physiological functions.
- The foreskin does prevent infection and disease.
- The proper treatment of a urinary tract infection is with antibiotics, not surgery.
- The foreskin prevents meatal stenosis.
- Infant circumcision causes extreme pain.
- General anesthesia is too dangerous to use in infants.
- The analgesia promoted to parents does not eliminate pain.
- Circumcised boys frequently go into shock from the pain.
- Circumcised boys suffer post-operative pain for about three weeks.
- Circumcised boys have difficulty with breastfeeding post-operatively.
- Circumcision causes physical trauma.
- Child circumcision is a traumatizing event.
- Circumcised boys may develop post-traumatic stress disorder.
- Circumcision causes psychological issues.
- Circumcised men may become adamant fathers.
- Circumcision always excises the ridged band.
- Circumcision effectively destroys the gliding action.
- The foreskin is the most important location of sexual sensation.
- Circumcision causes dramatic lifelong loss of sexual sensation.
- Circumcision adversely degrades the comfort and pleasure of female sexual partners.
- Loss of sexual pleasure does cause many circumcised men to become very angry and resentful with their parents.
- Money for physicians, surgeons, and hospitals is the driving force behind medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic child circumcision.
- Intactness is the new norm.