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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==