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If <b>West Virginia</b> is sincere about seeking to improve health care, it could start by stopping the practice of harmful, unnecessary, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]], which benefits only the bank accounts of the doctors, and redirecting the freed up resources where it was needed, perhaps, for example, to prenatal care for expectant mothers. Cessation of unnecessary, non-therapeutic circumcision should be part of the <b>West Virginia</b> Rural Health Transformation (RHT) program, as it would | If <b>West Virginia</b> is sincere about seeking to improve health care, it could start by stopping the practice of harmful, unnecessary, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]], which benefits only the bank accounts of the doctors, and redirecting the freed up resources where it was needed, perhaps, for example, to prenatal care for expectant mothers. Cessation of unnecessary, non-therapeutic circumcision should be part of the <b>West Virginia</b> Rural Health Transformation (RHT) program, as it would | ||
* avoid surgical risks. | * avoid surgical risks. | ||
* eliminate circumcision [[pain]] and [[trauma]]. | |||
* prevent [[meatal stenosis]]. | * prevent [[meatal stenosis]]. | ||
* preserve the [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin]]. | * preserve the [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin]]. | ||
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* permit improvement of overall population health.<ref name="andersen2025" /> | * permit improvement of overall population health.<ref name="andersen2025" /> | ||
* reduce disabilities that prevent employment.<ref name="andersen2025" /> | * reduce disabilities that prevent employment.<ref name="andersen2025" /> | ||
* may reduce [[Circumcision and violence| violence]] in society. | |||
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