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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. Non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of newborn boys remains a common practice despite its unethical nature. Circumcision is a profit center for hospitals, so many will promote circumcision in various ways. It is easy for nursery attendant to make a mistake and bring an intact boy for an unwanted circumcision.

'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is an important but frequently overlooked parental duty for parents of a newborn [[intact]] boy in an American maternity hospital. Non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of newborn boys remains a common practice despite its unethical nature. Circumcision is a profit center for hospitals, so many will promote circumcision in various ways. It is easy for nursery attendant to make a mistake and bring an intact boy for an unwanted 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>{{REFjournal

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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. Non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of newborn boys remains a common practice despite its unethical nature. Circumcision is a profit center for hospitals, so many will promote circumcision in various ways. It is easy for nursery attendant to make a mistake and bring an intact boy for an unwanted circumcision.
+'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is an important but frequently overlooked parental duty for parents of a newborn [[intact]] boy in an American maternity hospital. Non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of newborn boys remains a common practice despite its unethical nature. Circumcision is a profit center for hospitals, so many will promote circumcision in various ways. It is easy for nursery attendant to make a mistake and bring an intact boy for an unwanted 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>{{REFjournal
+ |last=Mansfield
+ |first=
+ |init=CJ
+ |author-link=
+ |last2=Heuston
+ |first2=
+ |init2=WF
+ |author2-link=
+ |last3=Rudy
+ |first3=
+ |init3=M
+ |author3-link=
+ |etal=no
+ |title=Neonatal circumcision: associated factors and length of hospital stay
+ |trans-title=
+ |language=
+ |journal=J Fam Pract
+ |location=
+ |date=1995-10
+ |volume=41
+ |issue=4
+ |article=
+ |pages=370-6
+ |url=https://www.cirp.org/library/procedure/mansfield/
+ |archived=
+ |quote=
+ |pubmedID=7561711
+ |pubmedCID=
+ |DOI=
+ |accessdate=2023-05-22
+}}</ref> so hospitals encourage and promote circumcision regardless of the [[pain]], [[trauma]], and loss of tissue and function.
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