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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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|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 | ||
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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 | }} </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 | ||
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|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: | ||
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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 | |||
}} | }} | ||