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Healthcare providers are somewhat scarce in rural West Virginia.

Physicians in the [[United States]] are paid on a fee-for-service basis. [[Circumcision]] is an additional service for which physicians collect an additional fee. A typical child circumcision can be done in only a few minutes, so the [[financial incentive]] is highly attractive. The actual health value or lack thereof of circumcision is seldom considered.

Physicians in the [[United States]] are paid on a fee-for-service basis. [[Circumcision]] is an additional service for which physicians collect an additional fee. A typical child circumcision can be done in only a few minutes, so the [[financial incentive]] is highly attractive. The actual health value or lack thereof of circumcision is seldom considered.<ref name="bollinger2025">{{REFdocument

|title=Policy Paper: Newborn Circumcision as a Negative Wellness Factor

|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/394517060_Policy_Paper_Newborn_Circumcision_as_a_Negative_Wellness_Factor

|contribution=

|last=Bollinger

|first=Dan

|init=

|author-link=Dan Bollinger

|publisher=Research Gate

|format=PDF

|date=2025-08

|accessdate=2026-04-10

}}</ref>

A premature [[forced foreskin retraction]] by a West Virginia physician has been reported.

==Conclusion==

The [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] has abandoned its previous recommendations regarding [[child circumcision]] in 2017. It now has no official position.

Male [[circumcision]] is now generally recognized as male sexual/genital mutilation ([[MGM]]).

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If West Virginia is sincere about seeking to improve health care, it could start by stopping the practice of harmful, unnecessary, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]], which benefits only the bank accounts of the doctors, and redirecting the freed up resources where it was needed, perhaps, for example, to prenatal care for expectant mothers. Cessation of unnecessary, non-therapeutic circumcision should be part of the West Virginia [https://governor.wv.gov/rht Rural Health Transformation (RHT) program], as it would

* avoid surgical risks.

* avoid surgical risks of [[bleeding]] and [[infection]].

* eliminate circumcision [[pain]] and [[trauma]].

* prevent [[meatal stenosis]].

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* [[Circumcision and STDs| reduce incidence of sexually transmitted disease]].

* improve mental health.<ref name="tye2022" /> <ref name="andersen2025" />

* provide [[sex as nature intended it]].

* free up scarce provider time to treat disease.

* permit improvement of overall population health.<ref name="andersen2025" />

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[[Category:Male genital mutilation]]

[[Category:Statistics]]

[[Category:USA]]

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 Healthcare providers are somewhat scarce in rural <b>West Virginia</b>.
-Physicians in the [[United States]] are paid on a fee-for-service basis. [[Circumcision]] is an additional service for which physicians collect an additional fee. A typical child circumcision can be done in only a few minutes, so the [[financial incentive]] is highly attractive. The actual health value or lack thereof of circumcision is seldom considered.
+Physicians in the [[United States]] are paid on a fee-for-service basis. [[Circumcision]] is an additional service for which physicians collect an additional fee. A typical child circumcision can be done in only a few minutes, so the [[financial incentive]] is highly attractive. The actual health value or lack thereof of circumcision is seldom considered.<ref name="bollinger2025">{{REFdocument
+ |title=Policy Paper: Newborn Circumcision as a Negative Wellness Factor
+ |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/394517060_Policy_Paper_Newborn_Circumcision_as_a_Negative_Wellness_Factor
+ |contribution=
+ |last=Bollinger
+ |first=Dan
+ |init=
+ |author-link=Dan Bollinger
+ |publisher=Research Gate
+ |format=PDF
+ |date=2025-08
+ |accessdate=2026-04-10
+}}</ref>
 A premature [[forced foreskin retraction]] by a <b>West Virginia</b> physician has been reported.
 ==Conclusion==
+The [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] has abandoned its previous recommendations regarding [[child circumcision]] in 2017. It now has no official position.
 Male [[circumcision]] is now generally recognized as male sexual/genital mutilation ([[MGM]]).
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 If <b>West Virginia</b> is sincere about seeking to improve health care, it could start by stopping the practice of harmful, unnecessary, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]], which benefits only the bank accounts of the doctors, and redirecting the freed up resources where it was needed, perhaps, for example, to prenatal care for expectant mothers. Cessation of unnecessary, non-therapeutic circumcision should be part of the <b>West Virginia</b> [https://governor.wv.gov/rht Rural Health Transformation (RHT) program], as it would
-* avoid surgical risks.
+* avoid surgical risks of [[bleeding]] and [[infection]].
 * eliminate circumcision [[pain]] and [[trauma]].
 * prevent [[meatal stenosis]].
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 * [[Circumcision and STDs| reduce incidence of sexually transmitted disease]].
 * improve mental health.<ref name="tye2022" /> <ref name="andersen2025" />
+* provide [[sex as nature intended it]].
 * free up scarce provider time to treat disease.
 * permit improvement of overall population health.<ref name="andersen2025" />
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 [[Category:Male genital mutilation]]
 [[Category:Statistics]]
 [[Category:USA]]