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==Circumcision infection actual facts==

The [[foreskin]], like the eyelid, also serves an important [[Foreskin#Immunological_functions| protective and hygienic function]]. The [[foreskin]] provides physical protection of the delicate [[glans]] of the [[penis]] and puts the [[urethra]] at a distance from its environment, protecting it from foreign pathogens and contaminants of all kinds while simultaneously shielding the [[penis]] from traumatic injury.<ref name="fleiss-hodges-vanhowe1998">{{FleissP HodgesF VanHoweRS 1998}}</ref> [[Amputation]] of the protective foreskin by circumcision increases risk of infection.

Neonatal [[circumcision]] is an elective, medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic, harmful [[amputation]] of the healthy [[foreskin]] that is done only after parents sign a [[circumcision consent form]]. It exposes an infant to surgical risks, but does not treat or prevent disease.<ref name="deacon2022">{{REFjournal

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}}</ref> Circumcision is a surgical operation and [[amputation]] that creates an open surgical wound on the [[penis]] that is kept inside a feces-laden diaper. [[Rosemary Romberg]] (2021) described infection as a "fairly common complication."<ref name="romberg2021">{{REFbook

}}</ref> Circumcision is a harmful, injurious surgical operation and [[amputation]] that creates an open surgical wound on the [[penis]] that is kept inside a feces-laden diaper. [[Rosemary Romberg]] (2021) described infection as a "fairly common complication."<ref name="romberg2021">{{REFbook

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 ==Circumcision infection actual facts==
+The [[foreskin]], like the eyelid, also serves an important [[Foreskin#Immunological_functions| protective and hygienic function]]. The [[foreskin]] provides physical protection of the delicate [[glans]] of the [[penis]] and puts the [[urethra]] at a distance from its environment, protecting it from foreign pathogens and contaminants of all kinds while simultaneously shielding the [[penis]] from traumatic injury.<ref name="fleiss-hodges-vanhowe1998">{{FleissP HodgesF VanHoweRS 1998}}</ref> [[Amputation]] of the protective foreskin by circumcision increases risk of infection.
 Neonatal [[circumcision]] is an elective, medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic, harmful [[amputation]] of the healthy [[foreskin]] that is done only after parents sign a [[circumcision consent form]]. It exposes an infant to surgical risks, but does not treat or prevent disease.<ref name="deacon2022">{{REFjournal
   |last=Deacon
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   |DOI=10.1038/s41443-021-00502-y
   |accessdate=2022-02-02
-}}</ref> Circumcision is a surgical operation and [[amputation]] that creates an open surgical wound on the [[penis]] that is kept inside a feces-laden diaper. [[Rosemary Romberg]] (2021) described infection as a "fairly common complication."<ref name="romberg2021">{{REFbook
+}}</ref> Circumcision is a harmful, injurious surgical operation and [[amputation]] that creates an open surgical wound on the [[penis]] that is kept inside a feces-laden diaper. [[Rosemary Romberg]] (2021) described infection as a "fairly common complication."<ref name="romberg2021">{{REFbook
   |last=Romberg
   |first=Rosemary