Protection of intact newborns in hospital: Difference between revisions

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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.

}} </ref> Giving in to the constant solicitation means that ~~two~~ additional charges will be incurred:

}} </ref> Giving in to the constant solicitation means that three additional charges will be incurred:

# A hospital service charge or facility fee.

# A physician's fee.

# Additional room and board fee.

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

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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.
-}} </ref> Giving in to the constant solicitation means that two additional charges will be incurred:
+}} </ref> Giving in to the constant solicitation means that three additional charges will be incurred:
 # A hospital service charge or facility fee.
 # A physician's fee.
+# Additional room and board fee.
 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
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