Difference between revisions of "Protection of intact newborns in hospital"
WikiModEn2 (talk | contribs) (General update.) |
WikiModEn2 (talk | contribs) (Add Greeting.) |
||
| (3 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| + | <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 | ||
| Line 54: | Line 56: | ||
|DOI= | |DOI= | ||
|accessdate=2023-05-22 | |accessdate=2023-05-22 | ||
| − | }}</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 | ||
| Line 167: | Line 169: | ||
|format= | |format= | ||
|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 | + | }} </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 | |first=Lawrence | ||
| Line 209: | Line 211: | ||
|accessdate=2021-04-14 | |accessdate=2021-04-14 | ||
}}</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: | ||
Latest revision as of 18:38, 24 January 2026
To: Expectant Parents in the United States:
Protection of intact newborns in hospital 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.[1] 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) 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.[2] Bollinger (2012) estimated the gross profit from harmful, unnecessary circumcision of the newborn to be $3.6 billion annually,[3] so hospitals encourage and promote circumcision regardless of the pain, trauma, loss of tissue and function, and permanent irreversible harm to the newborn.
Contents
Precautionary steps for parents
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.
- If the maternity facility allows a birth plan, then specify intactness in the birth plan.[4]
- Discuss your desire for an intact son with your attending physician.
- Prepare yourself by viewing The Circumcision Movie.[5]
- 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.[6]
- The latest stratagem to obtain consent is to send nurses into the room to ask the mother if she wants her newborn circumcised. This is done repeatedly, in hope of breaking a mother's will.[7] Reports indicate that parents have been asked as many as twelve times. Promotion of unnecessary surgery is highly unethical. Awareness of this unethical practice will help parents to avoid caving in to the hospital's tactics. When this happens parents may file a complaint through the free DoNoHarm.report service of Intact America.
- Rooming in — Keeping the newborn in the mother's room — offers significant advantages in facilitating initiation of breastfeeding, protection from infectious diseases that may be present in the newborn nursery, and last but certainly not least, protection from wrongful circumcision.[8]
Solicitation for circumcision surgery
Intact America commissioned a survey by Qualtrics of the number of times that parents are solicited for a consent for non-therapeutic infant circumcision. The average was 8 times, which resulted in a 143 percent increase in the number of non-therapeutic, medically-unnecessary circumcisions carried out.[9] Giving in to the constant solicitation means that three additional charges will be incurred:
- A hospital service charge or facility fee.
- A physician's fee.
- Additional room and board fee.
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 multi-functional foreskin.[10] 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:
The foreskin of my baby boy belongs to him and not to me. He has a legal right to bodily integrity. I do not have a right to grant consent for a medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic circumcision.
Granting of consent for circumcision is his right, not mine. He may make that decision when he reaches the age of majority.
Video
The dangers in the hospital
See also
External links
This older article is somewhat out-of-date but still has some useful information:
Hill, George (16 March 2002). Protection of Infant Boys from Wrongful Circumcision in American Hospitals
, Circumcision Information and Resource Pages. Retrieved 22 May 2023.- Milos M (11 July 2022).
Ask Marilyn – Why do they keep asking me about circumcising my baby boy?
, Intact America. Retrieved 21 June 2024. -
At the hospital
, Your Whole Baby. Retrieved 26 September 2024. - Alissa, Kristel (23 December 2024).
Where Circumcision Advocates Strike: Protecting Intact Boys From Harm
, Intact America. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
References
- ↑ REFjournal Morgan WKC. The rape of the phallus. JAMA. 19 July 1965; 193(3): 123-4. PMID. DOI. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
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.
- ↑ REFjournal Mansfield CJ, Heuston WF, Rudy M. Neonatal circumcision: associated factors and length of hospital stay. J Fam Pract. October 1995; 41(4): 370-6. PMID. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ↑ Bollinger D (2012).
High Cost of Circumcision: $3.6 Billion Annually
, https://www.academia.edu, Academia. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
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.
- ↑ Garrett CJ (15 November 2023).
Birth Plan Checklist: Don’t Forget to Specify No Circumcision
, Intact America. Retrieved 9 July 2024. - ↑ Milos MF (11 July 2022).
Ask Marilyn – Why do they keep asking me about circumcising my baby boy?
, Intact America. Retrieved 24 October 2024. - ↑ REFjournal Myers A, Earp BD. What is the best age to circumcise? A medical and ethical analysis. J Biosoc Sci. September 2020; 34(7): 560-72. PMID. DOI. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ↑ Chapin, Georganne (16 November 2020).
Press Release: Having a Baby Boy? Get Ready for the Circumcision Sellers!
, Intact America. Retrieved 22 May 2023. - ↑ REFjournal LLewellyn, David J.. Legal Remedies for Penile Torts. The Compleat Mother. 1995; 40 (winter): 16. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ↑ Chapin, Georganne (18 November 2019).
Having a Baby Boy? Intact America Warns, ‘Get Ready for the Circumcision Sellers!'
, prweb, Intact America. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
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.
- ↑ REFjournal Green, Lawrence, McAllister, Ryan, Peterson, Kent, Travis, John. Medicaid coverage of circumcision spreads harm to the poor.. Am J Public Health. April 2009; 99(4): 584. PMID. PMC. DOI. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
