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Circumcision is a multi-million dollar industry. Profit is reaped not only from the practice of circumcision itself, but also from the sale of harvested foreskins, the sale of products derived from harvested foreskins, and the sale of circumcision specific tools and utensils. | Circumcision is a multi-million dollar industry. Profit is reaped not only from the practice of circumcision itself, but also from the sale of harvested foreskins, the sale of products derived from harvested foreskins, and the sale of circumcision specific tools and utensils. | ||
| − | ==The procedure itself== | + | == The procedure itself == |
1.3 million baby boys are circumcised a year in the United States alone. At a dollar per procedure, that is already $1,300,000 a year. The going rate for a circumcision procedure is approximately $300 American; multiplied by 1.3 million, that is approximately $390,000,000 a year that circumcision brings in based on the procedure alone. | 1.3 million baby boys are circumcised a year in the United States alone. At a dollar per procedure, that is already $1,300,000 a year. The going rate for a circumcision procedure is approximately $300 American; multiplied by 1.3 million, that is approximately $390,000,000 a year that circumcision brings in based on the procedure alone. | ||
| − | ==Auxiliary tools== | + | == Auxiliary tools == |
Industries that depend on the practice of circumcision, particularly infant circumcision include makers of the [[circumstraint]] (the board to which a baby is strapped down to for the procedure), makers of circumcision clamps, manufacturers of circumcision kits, and other utensils used for circumcision. | Industries that depend on the practice of circumcision, particularly infant circumcision include makers of the [[circumstraint]] (the board to which a baby is strapped down to for the procedure), makers of circumcision clamps, manufacturers of circumcision kits, and other utensils used for circumcision. | ||
Clamp manufacturers: | Clamp manufacturers: | ||
| − | *[[Gomco]] | + | * [[Gomco]] |
| − | *[[Mogen]] (out of business) | + | * [[Mogen]] (out of business) |
Makers of other circumcision tools: | Makers of other circumcision tools: | ||
| − | *[[AccuCirc]] | + | * [[AccuCirc]] |
| − | *[[TaraKlamp]] | + | * [[TaraKlamp]] |
| − | *[[PlastiBell]] | + | * [[PlastiBell]] |
Makers of Circumcision Kits: | Makers of Circumcision Kits: | ||
| − | *[[Priontex Products & Services]] | + | * [[Priontex Products & Services]] |
Makers of Restraints: | Makers of Restraints: | ||
| − | *[[Circumstraint]] | + | * [[Circumstraint]] |
Other costs: | Other costs: | ||
| − | *Anaesthetic (rarely used) | + | * Anaesthetic (rarely used) |
| − | *Nerve blocks | + | * Nerve blocks |
== Profit from harvested foreskins== | == Profit from harvested foreskins== | ||
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The following transnational corporations reap corporate profits from the sale of marketable products made from harvested human foreskins: | The following transnational corporations reap corporate profits from the sale of marketable products made from harvested human foreskins: | ||
| − | *[[Advanced Tissue Sciences]] (ATS) <ref>Forget pork bellies, now it's foreskins. Manson B. San Diego Reader (May 4, 1995): 12, 14 passim.</ref> | + | * [[Advanced Tissue Sciences]] (ATS) <ref>Forget pork bellies, now it's foreskins. Manson B. San Diego Reader (May 4, 1995): 12, 14 passim.</ref> |
| − | *[[Organogenesis]]<ref>New skin twin life- and look-save. Brewer S. Longevity (September 1992): 18.</ref> | + | * [[Organogenesis]]<ref>New skin twin life- and look-save. Brewer S. Longevity (September 1992): 18.</ref> |
| − | *BioSurface Technology<ref>Companies see $1.5b market in replacement skin products. Rosenberg R. Boston Globe (October 19, 1992): 22-23.</ref> | + | * BioSurface Technology<ref>Companies see $1.5b market in replacement skin products. Rosenberg R. Boston Globe (October 19, 1992): 22-23.</ref> |
| − | *Genzyme | + | * Genzyme |
| − | *Ortec International | + | * Ortec International |
| − | *[[LifeCell Corporation]] (Nasdaq:LIFC) | + | * [[LifeCell Corporation]] (Nasdaq:LIFC) |
| − | *[[SkinMedica]] | + | * [[SkinMedica]] |
=== FDA approved products === | === FDA approved products === | ||
The following products fashioned from harvested foreskins were approved by the FDA for marketing: | The following products fashioned from harvested foreskins were approved by the FDA for marketing: | ||
| − | *[[Dermagraft-TC]] | + | * [[Dermagraft-TC]] |
| − | *[[Apligraf]] | + | * [[Apligraf]] |
| − | *[[AlloDerm]] | + | * [[AlloDerm]] |
| − | *[[TNS Recovery Complex]] | + | * [[TNS Recovery Complex]] |
| − | ==Medicaid pays for it== | + | == Medicaid pays for it == |
While 17 states have stopped paying for it, 33 states pay for circumcision. Doctors may be driven to promote circumcision if they get a free stipend from the state. | While 17 states have stopped paying for it, 33 states pay for circumcision. Doctors may be driven to promote circumcision if they get a free stipend from the state. | ||
| − | The AAP 2012 Policy Statement on Circumcision states that "Although health benefits are not great enough to recommend routine circumcision for all male newborns, the benefits of circumcision are sufficient to justify access to this procedure for families choosing it and to '''warrant third-party payment''' for circumcision of male newborns. It is important that clinicians routinely inform parents of the health benefits and risks of male newborn circumcision in an unbiased and accurate manner." and "The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has endorsed this statement."<ref> | + | The AAP 2012 Policy Statement on Circumcision states that "Although health benefits are not great enough to recommend routine circumcision for all male newborns, the benefits of circumcision are sufficient to justify access to this procedure for families choosing it and to '''warrant third-party payment''' for circumcision of male newborns. It is important that clinicians routinely inform parents of the health benefits and risks of male newborn circumcision in an unbiased and accurate manner." and "The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has endorsed this statement."<ref>{{REFweb |
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| − | </ref> | + | }}</ref> Many new born circumcisions are performed by Obstetricians. |
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| + | == Grants from pro-circumcision interest groups == | ||
| + | There are pro-circumcision interest groups that give grants to doctors and researchers to "study" and promote circumcision. Organizations that do this include the [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]]. In 2009, [[Schusterman Family Foundation]] gave a grant to mohel and professional infant circumcisor [[Neil Pollock]] to promote infant circumcision in Rwanda,<ref name='marketwire 2009-02-24'>{{REFnews | ||
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| + | | title=BC Surgeon Joins Fight Against Sub-Saharan AIDS | ||
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| + | | quote=...much of the trip's cost was covered by grant money from Canadian Institutes of Health Research and funding from the Shusterman Foundation... | ||
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Revision as of 19:25, 18 August 2019
| “ | The Merchant's Conflict of Interest It's hard to get a man to understand something, when his livelihood depends on his not understanding it. – Upton Sinclair |
Circumcision is a multi-million dollar industry. Profit is reaped not only from the practice of circumcision itself, but also from the sale of harvested foreskins, the sale of products derived from harvested foreskins, and the sale of circumcision specific tools and utensils.
Contents
The procedure itself
1.3 million baby boys are circumcised a year in the United States alone. At a dollar per procedure, that is already $1,300,000 a year. The going rate for a circumcision procedure is approximately $300 American; multiplied by 1.3 million, that is approximately $390,000,000 a year that circumcision brings in based on the procedure alone.
Auxiliary tools
Industries that depend on the practice of circumcision, particularly infant circumcision include makers of the circumstraint (the board to which a baby is strapped down to for the procedure), makers of circumcision clamps, manufacturers of circumcision kits, and other utensils used for circumcision.
Clamp manufacturers:
Makers of other circumcision tools:
Makers of Circumcision Kits:
Makers of Restraints:
Other costs:
- Anaesthetic (rarely used)
- Nerve blocks
Profit from harvested foreskins
Foreskins are sold to pharmaceutical companies for stem-cell research, the creation of synthetic skin, and the creation of consumer products. Since the 1980s, private hospitals have been involved in the business of supplying discarded foreskins to private bio-research laboratories and pharmaceutical companies who require human flesh as raw research material.[1] They also supply foreskins to transnational corporations. Dr. Tania Phillips, professor of dermatology at Boston University of Medicine, insisting foreskin gathering and cultivating is scientifically and technologically "very promising." [2]
Corporate Benefactors
The following transnational corporations reap corporate profits from the sale of marketable products made from harvested human foreskins:
- Advanced Tissue Sciences (ATS) [3]
- Organogenesis[4]
- BioSurface Technology[5]
- Genzyme
- Ortec International
- LifeCell Corporation (Nasdaq:LIFC)
- SkinMedica
FDA approved products
The following products fashioned from harvested foreskins were approved by the FDA for marketing:
Medicaid pays for it
While 17 states have stopped paying for it, 33 states pay for circumcision. Doctors may be driven to promote circumcision if they get a free stipend from the state.
The AAP 2012 Policy Statement on Circumcision states that "Although health benefits are not great enough to recommend routine circumcision for all male newborns, the benefits of circumcision are sufficient to justify access to this procedure for families choosing it and to warrant third-party payment for circumcision of male newborns. It is important that clinicians routinely inform parents of the health benefits and risks of male newborn circumcision in an unbiased and accurate manner." and "The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has endorsed this statement."[6] Many new born circumcisions are performed by Obstetricians.
Grants from pro-circumcision interest groups
There are pro-circumcision interest groups that give grants to doctors and researchers to "study" and promote circumcision. Organizations that do this include the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In 2009, Schusterman Family Foundation gave a grant to mohel and professional infant circumcisor Neil Pollock to promote infant circumcision in Rwanda,[7] particularly the Mogen technique, in the name of HIV prevention.
References
- ↑ A short history of the institutionalization of involuntary sexual mutilation in the United States. Hodges F. in: Denniston GC, Milos MF (eds). Sexual Mutilations: A Human Tragedy. New York: Plenum Press. 1997:17-40.
- ↑ Ronald Rosenberg. 19 October 1992: 22-23.
- ↑ Forget pork bellies, now it's foreskins. Manson B. San Diego Reader (May 4, 1995): 12, 14 passim.
- ↑ New skin twin life- and look-save. Brewer S. Longevity (September 1992): 18.
- ↑ Companies see $1.5b market in replacement skin products. Rosenberg R. Boston Globe (October 19, 1992): 22-23.
- ↑
(27 August 2012). Circumcision Policy Statement
, Pediatrics. Retrieved 24 November 2012. - ↑
Millman, N. Michael (24 February 2009)."BC Surgeon Joins Fight Against Sub-Saharan AIDS", marketwire. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
Quote:...much of the trip's cost was covered by grant money from Canadian Institutes of Health Research and funding from the Shusterman Foundation...
