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<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
'''{{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
  |last=Morgan
  |last=Morgan
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  |DOI=
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  |accessdate=2023-05-22
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}}</ref> Bollinger (2012) estimated the gross profit from harmful, unnecessary [[circumcision of the newborn]] to be $3.6 billion annually,<ref name="bollinger2012">{{REFweb
}}</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
  |url=https://www.academia.edu/6442587/High_Cost_of_Circumcision_3.6_Billion_Annually
  |title=High Cost of Circumcision: $3.6 Billion Annually
  |title=High Cost of Circumcision: $3.6 Billion Annually
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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 additional 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, causes extreme [[pain]], 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
  |last=Green
  |last=Green
  |first=Lawrence
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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.
}}</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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}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://www.cirp.org/pages/riley/mother.php
|title=Naturally uncircumcised
|publisher=CIRP
|date=2006
|accessdate=026-01-29
}}
}}
* {{REFweb
* {{REFweb
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  |date=2024-12-23
  |date=2024-12-23
  |accessdate=2025-02-24
  |accessdate=2025-02-24
}}
* {{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
}}
}}