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}}</ref> so hospitals encourage and promote circumcision regardless of the [[pain]], [[trauma]], loss of [[Foreskin| tissue]] and function, and permanent irreversible harm to the newborn. | }}</ref> so hospitals encourage and promote [[circumcision]] regardless of the [[pain]], [[trauma]], loss of [[Foreskin| tissue]] and function, and permanent irreversible harm to the newborn. | ||
== Precautionary steps for parents == | == Precautionary steps for parents == | ||
There are a number of steps that parents may take to lessen the chance of a wrongful, unwanted, harmful [[circumcision]]. | There are a number of steps that parents may take to lessen the chance of a wrongful, unwanted, harmful [[circumcision]]. | ||
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}}</ref> 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. | }}</ref> 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. | ||
* 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.<ref>{{REFjournal | * 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]].<ref>{{REFjournal | ||
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* [[Care of intact, foreskinned boys]] | * [[Care of intact, foreskinned boys]] | ||
* [[Intact-friendly doctors list]] | * [[Intact-friendly doctors list]] | ||
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This older article is some what out-of-date but still has some useful information: | This older article is some what out-of-date but still has some useful information: | ||
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[[Category:Parental information]] | [[Category:Parental information]] | ||
[[Category:USA]] | [[Category:USA]] | ||