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Circumcision has long been falsely promoted as a prophylactic procedure that would prevent future disease, but contemporary research indicates that non-therapeutic male [[circumcision]] is very harmful. | Circumcision has long been falsely promoted as a prophylactic procedure that would prevent future disease, but contemporary research indicates that non-therapeutic male [[circumcision]] is very harmful. | ||
* Circumcision actually is a surgical [[amputation]] that exposes the patient to [[bleeding]], [[infection]], surgical mishap, and certain loss of the [[Erogenous sensation of the foreskin| erogenous]], protective [[foreskin]]. | * Circumcision actually is a surgical [[amputation]] that exposes the patient to [[bleeding]], [[infection]], surgical mishap, and certain loss of the [[Erogenous sensation of the foreskin| erogenous]], protective [[foreskin]]. | ||
* Circumcised <b>West Virginia</b> boys are put at risk of developing [[meatal stenosis]] because of the loss of the [[Foreskin#Protective_functions| protection of the foreskin]].<ref name="vanhowe2006">{{REFjournal | |||
|last=Van Howe | |||
|init=RS | |||
|author-link=Robert S. Van Howe | |||
|title=Incidence of meatal stenosis following neonatal circumcision in a primary care setting | |||
|journal=Clin Pediatr (Phila) | |||
|volume=45 | |||
|issue=1 | |||
|pages=49-54 | |||
|url=https://www.academia.edu/6992015/Incidence_of_Meatal_Stenosis_following_Neonatal_Circumcision_in_a_Primary_Care_Setting | |||
|quote= | |||
|pubmedID=16429216 | |||
|pubmedCID=https://doi.org/10.1177/000992280604500108 | |||
|DOI= | |||
|date=2006-01 | |||
|accessdate=2026-04-08 | |||
|note=Jan-Feb 2006 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
==Health care in West Virginia== | ==Health care in West Virginia== | ||