Andrew Freedman: Difference between revisions

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|quote=...The Jewish Week spoke to Dr. Andrew Freedman, a urologist at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

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}}</ref> He was one of the members of the "circumcision task force" at the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] (AAP) which released a new policy statement on circumcision in 2012, which alleged that "the benefits outweigh the risks".<ref>{{REFnews

}}</ref> He was one of the members of the "circumcision task force" at the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] (AAP) which released a new policy statement on [[circumcision]] in 2012, which alleged that "the benefits outweigh the risks".<ref>{{REFnews

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|quote=I circumcised him myself on my parents’ kitchen table on the eighth day of his life. But I did it for religious, not medical reasons.

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}}</ref> According to Freedman, the [[AAP]] did not incorporate recommendations on [[Metzitzah B'peh]] (Jewish tradition of oral suction of the wound of a [[circumcised]] baby's penis), because the AAP task force on [[circumcision]] reasoned that there are too few done, and practitioners of the tradition will continue whether the AAP recommended against it or not.<ref>{{REFnews

}}</ref> According to Freedman, the [[AAP]] did not incorporate recommendations on [[Metzitzah b'peh]] (Jewish tradition of oral suction of the wound of a [[circumcised]] baby's penis), because the AAP task force on [[circumcision]] reasoned that there are too few done, and practitioners of the tradition will continue whether the AAP recommended against it or not.<ref>{{REFnews

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   |quote=...The Jewish Week spoke to Dr. Andrew Freedman, a urologist at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
   |accessdate=2012-09-23
-}}</ref> He was one of the members of the "circumcision task force" at the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] (AAP) which released a new policy statement on circumcision in 2012, which alleged that "the benefits outweigh the risks".<ref>{{REFnews
+}}</ref> He was one of the members of the "circumcision task force" at the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] (AAP) which released a new policy statement on [[circumcision]] in 2012, which alleged that "the benefits outweigh the risks".<ref>{{REFnews
   |last=Merwin
   |first=Ted
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   |quote=I circumcised him myself on my parents’ kitchen table on the eighth day of his life. But I did it for religious, not medical reasons.
   |accessdate=2012-09-23
-}}</ref> According to Freedman, the [[AAP]] did not incorporate recommendations on [[Metzitzah B'peh]] (Jewish tradition of oral suction of the wound of a [[circumcised]] baby's penis), because the AAP task force on [[circumcision]] reasoned that there are too few done, and practitioners of the tradition will continue whether the AAP recommended against it or not.<ref>{{REFnews
+}}</ref> According to Freedman, the [[AAP]] did not incorporate recommendations on [[Metzitzah b'peh]] (Jewish tradition of oral suction of the wound of a [[circumcised]] baby's penis), because the AAP task force on [[circumcision]] reasoned that there are too few done, and practitioners of the tradition will continue whether the AAP recommended against it or not.<ref>{{REFnews
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 [[Category:Promoter]]
+[[Category:USA]]
 [[Category:From CircLeaks]]