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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is an important but frequently overlooked parental duty for parents of a newborn [[intact]] boy in an American maternity hospital. An American hospital can be a dangerous place for the [[foreskin]] of an [[intact]] boy.<ref name="morgan1965">{{REFjournal
<big><b>To: Expectant Parents in the [[United States]]:</b></big>
 
'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is an important but frequently overlooked parental duty for parents of a newborn [[intact]] boy in an American maternity hospital. An American hospital is likely be a dangerous place for the [[foreskin]] of an [[intact]] boy.<ref name="morgan1965">{{REFjournal
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  |quote=This ritual, however, has become so widespread in the [[United States]] that it is no longer much of a status symbol, and a situation has arisen where any recently delivered mother who is eccentric enough to wish her child to retain his [[prepuce]], would be well advised to maintain permanent guard over it until such time as they both leave the hospital.
  |quote=This ritual, however, has become so widespread in the [[United States]] that it is no longer much of a status symbol, and a situation has arisen where any recently delivered mother who is eccentric enough to wish her child to retain his [[prepuce]], would be well advised to maintain permanent guard over the boy until such time as they both leave the hospital.
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  |DOI=10.1001/jama.1965.03090030045013  
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}}</ref> Non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of newborn boys remains a common practice despite its harmful and unethical nature. Circumcision is a profit center for hospitals, so many will promote circumcision in various ways. It is easy for a nursery attendant to make a mistake and bring an [[intact]] boy for an unwanted [[circumcision]]. A [[circumcision]] that has been performed without valid [[informed consent]] is a [[wrongful circumcision]].
}}</ref> Non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of newborn boys remains a common practice despite its harmful and unethical nature. Circumcision is a profit center for hospitals, so many will promote harmful [[circumcision]] in various ways. It is easy for a nursery attendant to make a mistake and bring an [[intact]] boy for an unwanted [[circumcision]]. A [[circumcision]] that has been performed without valid [[informed consent]] is a [[wrongful circumcision]].


Mansfield et al. (1995) report, when a newborn is to be [[circumcised]], both mother and newborn remain in hospital an average of six hours longer, which substantially increases revenue to the hospital,<ref name="mansfield1995">{{REFjournal
Mansfield et al. (1995) reported, when a newborn is to be [[circumcised]], both mother and newborn remain in hospital an average of six hours longer, which substantially increases revenue to the hospital, not only for the circumcision charges,  but also for all hospital charges.<ref name="mansfield1995">{{REFjournal
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}}</ref> [[Dan Bollinger| Bollinger]] (2012) estimated the gross profit from harmful, unnecessary [[circumcision of the newborn]] to be $3.6 billion annually,<ref name="bollinger2012">{{REFweb
|url=https://www.academia.edu/6442587/High_Cost_of_Circumcision_3.6_Billion_Annually
|title=High Cost of Circumcision: $3.6 Billion Annually
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|first=Dan
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|author-link=Dan Bollinger
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|quote=As the saying goes, follow the money. Now you know why neither the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]], American Medical Association, [[American Academy of Family Physicians]], or the [[American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists]] haven’t condemned this unnecessary surgery, and why their physician members are quick to recommend the procedure to expectant parents.
}}</ref> so hospitals encourage and promote [[circumcision]] regardless of the [[pain]], [[trauma]], loss of [[Foreskin| tissue]] and function, and permanent irreversible harm to the newborn.
}}</ref> so hospitals encourage and promote [[circumcision]] regardless of the [[pain]], [[trauma]], loss of [[Foreskin| tissue]] and function, and permanent irreversible harm to the newborn.
== Precautionary steps for parents ==
== Precautionary steps for parents ==
There are a number of steps that parents may take to lessen the chance of a wrongful, unwanted, harmful [[circumcision]].
There are a number of steps that parents may take to lessen the chance of a wrongful, unwanted, painful, harmful [[circumcision]].
* Review information on circumcision, so as not to be deceived by false or deceptive information that may be presented in hospital.
* Review information on circumcision, so as not to be deceived by false or deceptive information that may be presented in hospital.
* If the maternity facility allows a birth plan, then specify [[intactness]] in the birth plan.<ref name="garrett2023-11-15">{{REFweb
* If the maternity facility allows a birth plan, then specify [[intactness]] in the birth plan.<ref name="garrett2023-11-15">{{REFweb
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* Type out, print, and sign a letter to the hospital to prohibit [[circumcision]] of your newborn infant son. Take it to the hospital and add it to the file.
* There will be a lot of papers to sign upon admission. There usually would be a circumcision consent form provided whether the baby is a boy or girl. Be careful to ''NOT'' sign a consent for circumcision form. Granting of consent by a surrogate for non-therapeutic circumcision (all newborn circumcision is non-therapeutic) is an unethical practice.<ref name="myers2020">{{REFjournal
* There will be a lot of papers to sign upon admission. There usually would be a circumcision consent form provided whether the baby is a boy or girl. Be careful to ''NOT'' sign a consent for circumcision form. Granting of consent by a surrogate for non-therapeutic circumcision (all newborn circumcision is non-therapeutic) is an unethical practice.<ref name="myers2020">{{REFjournal
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  |quote=Each year, an estimated 1.5 million baby boys are [[circumcised]] in American medical settings. Intact America estimates that if circumcision solicitations were to cease, 600,000 boys—and the men they will become—would be spared every year from the [[trauma]] and lifelong consequences of the procedure.
  |quote=Each year, an estimated 1.5 million baby boys are [[circumcised]] in American medical settings. Intact America estimates that if circumcision solicitations were to cease, 600,000 boys—and the men they will become—would be spared every year from the [[trauma]] and lifelong consequences of the procedure.
}} </ref> Giving in to the constant solicitation means that two charges will be incurred:
}} </ref> Giving in to the constant solicitation means that three additional charges will be incurred:


# A hospital service charge or facility fee.
# A hospital service charge or facility fee.
# A physician's fee.
# A physician's fee.
 
# Additional room and board fee.
Parents are reminded that neonatal [[circumcision]] has no [[medical indication]], does not treat disease, causes [[trauma]], is non-therapeutic, unnecessary, and causes life-long irreversible harm because of the loss of the [[Foreskin#Physiological_functions| multi-functional foreskin]].<ref>{{REFjournal
Parents are reminded that neonatal [[circumcision]] has no [[medical indication]], does not treat or prevent disease, causes [[trauma]], is non-therapeutic, unnecessary, causes extreme [[pain]], and causes life-long irreversible harm because of the loss of the [[Foreskin#Physiological_functions| multi-functional foreskin]].<ref>{{REFjournal
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}}</ref> Circumcision is a high-profit service, so hospitals push parents to grant consent for circumcision, regardless of the lifetime harm to the child.
 
There is no need to decide immediately. A circumcision operation may be performed at any age. If a medical indication for circumcision develops later, then a circumcision may be performed at that time.


When approached about consent for non-therapeutic circumcision in hospital, parents may state:
When approached about consent for non-therapeutic circumcision in hospital, parents may state:
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===The dangers in the hospital===
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{{SEEALSO}}
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Care of intact, foreskinned boys]]
* [[Care of intact, foreskinned boys]]
* [[Circumcision of the newborn]]
* [[Cole Jordan Groth]]
* [[Cole Jordan Groth]]
* [[Intact-friendly doctors list]]
* [[Intact-friendly doctors list]]
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* [[United States of America]]
* [[United States of America]]
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This older article is some what out-of-date but still has some useful information:
This older article is somewhat out-of-date but still has some useful information:
* {{REFweb
* {{REFweb
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* {{REFweb
|url=https://www.cirp.org/pages/riley/mother.php
|title=Naturally uncircumcised
|publisher=CIRP
|date=2006
|accessdate=026-01-29
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* {{REFweb
* {{REFweb
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* {{REFweb
|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/CircumcisionGrief/comments/1rnk1pv/saved_my_son_from_this_abysmal_practice_and_it/
|title=Saved my son from this abysmal practice and it feels great. This is how it all went down
|last=Anonymous
|publisher=Reddit
|date=2026-03-07
|accessdate=2026-03-31
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