Adamant father syndrome: Difference between revisions

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==Prolongation of an outmoded, harmful, surgical amputation==

Adamant father syndrome is credited with keeping a medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic surgical procedure alive. For example, in Australia, the medical authorities announced in 1971 that circumcision is not necessary and should not be performed,<ref name="belmaine1971">{{REFjournal

Adamant father syndrome is credited with keeping an outmoded, medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic surgical procedure alive. For example, in Australia, the medical authorities announced in 1971 that circumcision is not necessary and should not be performed,<ref name="belmaine1971">{{REFjournal

|last=Belmaine

|first=SP

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|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/statements/apa1971/

|accessdate=2020-07-29

}}</ref> however, in ~~2016~~, [[Circumcision Info Australia| Circumcision Information Australia]] reported that four percent of Australian boys are still being circumcised, apparently because their fathers are circumcised. The drop in circumcision incidence was credited to fewer fathers being circumcised.<ref>{{REFweb

}}</ref> however, in 2018, [[Circumcision Info Australia| Circumcision Information Australia]] reported that four percent of Australian boys are still being circumcised, apparently because their fathers are circumcised. The drop in circumcision incidence was credited to fewer fathers being circumcised.<ref>{{REFweb

|url=http://www.circinfo.org/news_2018.html#fall

|title=Foreskins rule! Australians rush to abandon circumcision

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 ==Prolongation of an outmoded, harmful, surgical amputation==
-Adamant father syndrome is credited with keeping a medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic surgical procedure alive. For example, in Australia, the medical authorities announced in 1971 that circumcision is not necessary and should not be performed,<ref name="belmaine1971">{{REFjournal
+Adamant father syndrome is credited with keeping an outmoded, medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic surgical procedure alive. For example, in Australia, the medical authorities announced in 1971 that circumcision is not necessary and should not be performed,<ref name="belmaine1971">{{REFjournal
   |last=Belmaine
   |first=SP
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   |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/statements/apa1971/
   |accessdate=2020-07-29
-}}</ref> however, in 2016, [[Circumcision Info Australia| Circumcision Information Australia]] reported that four percent of Australian boys are still being circumcised, apparently because their fathers are circumcised. The drop in circumcision incidence was credited to fewer fathers being circumcised.<ref>{{REFweb
+}}</ref> however, in 2018, [[Circumcision Info Australia| Circumcision Information Australia]] reported that four percent of Australian boys are still being circumcised, apparently because their fathers are circumcised. The drop in circumcision incidence was credited to fewer fathers being circumcised.<ref>{{REFweb
   |url=http://www.circinfo.org/news_2018.html#fall
   |title=Foreskins rule! Australians rush to abandon circumcision