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====Finding an ethical way to do painful non-therapeutic circumcision==== | ====Finding an ethical way to do painful non-therapeutic circumcision==== | ||
The circumcision industry suddenly found itself in a predicament. It was now suddenly proven beyond | The finacially and psychologically vested circumcision industry suddenly found itself in a predicament. It was now suddenly proven beyond any shadow of a doubt that newborn baby boys can feel intense pain. Medical ethics and the standard of care now necessitated pain relief, however it is dangerous to give general anesthesia to neonates. Wallerstein (1985) had proposed that routine (non-therapeutic) circumcision of baby boys be eliminated just as routine tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy previously had been eliminated,<ref name="wallerstein1985">{{REFjournal | ||
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}}</ref> however this clearly would not do. No circumcision equals no fee for surgery. The | }}</ref> however this clearly would not do for the avid pro-circumcision lobby. No circumcision equals no fee for surgery. The financial gain from discontinuing non-therapeutic circumcision is just too high to discard. Bollinger (2012) estimated that the total annual cost of non-therapeutic circumcision to Americans is $3,647,000,000.<ref>{{REFweb | ||
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}}</ref> The American circumcision industry is simply not willing to give that up, so a way to make non-therapeutic circumcisions in infancy acceptable had to be found. | }}</ref> The avaricious American circumcision industry is simply not willing to give that lucrative income up, so a way to make non-therapeutic circumcisions in infancy acceptable had to be found. | ||
Three methods were proposed: | Three methods were proposed: | ||