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}}</ref> After several generations of promotion of and near universal neonatal circumcision in the United States, most Americans are profoundly ignorant of a normal body part and its valuable functions. | }}</ref> After several generations of promotion of and near universal neonatal circumcision in the United States, most Americans are profoundly ignorant of a normal body part and its valuable functions. | ||
=== Surrogate consent === | === Surrogate consent === | ||
Parents act as surrogates for their minor children who are too young to personally grant consent.<ref name="alissa2025-03-25A"/> Surrogate consent ethically is limited to the granting of consent for diagnosis and treatment of disease.<ref name="aap1995">{{REFjournal | Parents act as surrogates for their minor children who are too young to personally grant consent.<ref name="alissa2025-03-25A"/> [[Surrogate consent]] ethically is limited to the granting of consent for diagnosis and treatment of disease.<ref name="aap1995">{{REFjournal | ||
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}}</ref> Doctors commonly fail to provide information on the nature and functions of the [[foreskin]] which are lost when a person is [[circumcised]]. Doctors must be fully informed regarding the nature of the [[foreskin]] and [[circumcision]].<ref name="alissa2025-03-25>{{REFweb | |||
|url=https://intactamerica.org/what-doctors-should-know-about-circumcision/ | |||
|title=What Every Doctor Should Know About Circumcision: A Call for Better Medical Practices | |||
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|author-link=Kristel Alissa | |||
|publisher=Intact America | |||
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}}</ref> This suggests that doctors are very well aware that [[circumcision]] is a harmful, [[Pain| painful]], [[Trauma| traumatic]] non-therapeutic surgery (in short, a ritual); but they do not appear to share this knowledge with parents. Doctors usually omit information on the nature of the [[foreskin]] and its functions.<ref name="alissa2025-03-25A"/> | }}</ref> This suggests that doctors are very well aware that [[circumcision]] is a harmful, [[Pain| painful]], [[Trauma| traumatic]] non-therapeutic surgery (in short, a ritual); but they do not appear to share this knowledge with parents. Doctors usually omit information on the nature of the [[foreskin]] and its functions.<ref name="alissa2025-03-25A"/> | ||
A busy physician can supplement their | A busy physician can supplement their income by as much as $60,000 per year from circumcision surgeries alone.<ref>{{REFbook | ||
|last=Fleiss | |last=Fleiss | ||
|first=Paul M. | |first=Paul M. | ||
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}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
==Video== | ==Video== | ||
===Circumcision — Your Legal Rights=== | |||
<youtube>v=8GT03orcHWM</youtube> | |||
[[Intaction]] (2022) has provided an introductory video. | [[Intaction]] (2022) has provided an introductory video. | ||
<youtube>v=DcfyCpRUlFY</youtube> | <youtube>v=DcfyCpRUlFY</youtube> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
[[15 Square]] has provided a video. | ===[[15 Square]] has provided a video.=== | ||
<youtube>v=xjqxeTg7JUc</youtube> | <youtube>v=xjqxeTg7JUc</youtube> | ||
===Infant circumcision operation=== | |||
(This video is age restricted, so one must be signed in to view it} | |||
<youtube>v=W2PKdDOjooA&t=124s</youtube> | |||
=== Infant circumcision procedure === | |||
This is a video of an actual infant [[circumcision]]. It has a sound tract so one can hear the comments of the doctor and the sounds made by the infant. The doctor gives an injection of local anesthetic that apparently does not stop any pain at all. The infant goes silent at about 6:15 on the video, so he may have gone into [[shock]] at that time. Not for the squeamish: | |||
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|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Intactivism/comments/qbpzqr/trained_medical_professionals_restrain_infant_to/ | |||
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|title=Trained medical professionals restrain infant to amputate part of its body while baby kicks and screams in pain | |||
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*[https://www.reddit.com/r/Intactivism/comments/qbpzqr/trained_medical_professionals_restrain_infant_to/ Circumcision video] | |||
{{SEEALSO}} | {{SEEALSO}} | ||
* [[Ethics of non-therapeutic child circumcision]] | |||
* [[Human rights]] | * [[Human rights]] | ||
* [[Litigation over circumcision]] | * [[Litigation over circumcision]] | ||
* [[Pain]] | * [[Pain]] | ||
* [[Risks and complications]] | * [[Risks and complications]] | ||
* [[Surrogate consent]] | |||
* [[Wrongful circumcision]] | * [[Wrongful circumcision]] | ||
* [[Trauma]] | * [[Trauma]] | ||
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|title=Physicians for Informed Consent | |title=Physicians for Informed Consent | ||
|accessdate=2022-08-25 | |accessdate=2022-08-25 | ||
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* {{REFweb | |||
|url=https://intactamerica.org/dyk-parental-consent/ | |||
|title=“Do You Know?” About the Limits of Parental Consent | |||
|last=Chapin | |||
|first=Georganne | |||
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|author-link=Georganne Chapin | |||
|publisher=Intact America | |||
|date=2023-02-01 | |||
|accessdate=2025-11-21 | |||
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* {{REFweb | * {{REFweb | ||
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* {{REFweb | |||
|url=https://www.reddit.com/user/C4Charkey/comments/1jun080/the_accidental_intactivist_manifesto_v_the/ | |||
|title=The Betrayal of Informed Consent: The Architects of Compliance and the Conspiracy of Silence | |||
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{{REF}} | {{REF}} | ||