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==Circumcision impairs commencement of breastfeeding==
==Circumcision impairs commencement of breastfeeding==
Neonatal [[circumcision]] is a medically unnecessary, non-therapeutic, intensely painful surgery that is carried out just the time when breastfeeding is being commenced. Circumcision causes extreme [[pain]], [[trauma]], and [[shock]]. The infant boy is left in a debilitated state in which he is unable to manage to breastfeed,<ref>{{REFjournal
Neonatal [[circumcision]] is a medically unnecessary, non-therapeutic, intensely painful surgery that is carried out just the time when breastfeeding is being commenced. Circumcision causes extreme [[pain]], [[trauma]], and [[shock]], and disturbs feeding behavior.<ref>{{REFjournal
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American Academy of Pediatrics. Committee on Psychosocial Aspects of Child and Family Health; Task Force on Pain in Infants, Children, and Adolescents
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|title=The Assessment and Management of Acute Pain in Infants, Children, and Adolescents (0793)
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|journal=Pediatrics
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|date=2002-09
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|volume=108
|issue=3
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|pages=793-7
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/pain/re9933/
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|pubmedID=11533354
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|DOI=10.1542/peds.108.3.793
|accessdate=2022-12-08
}}</ref> The infant boy is left in a debilitated state in which he is unable to initiate breastfeeding,<ref>{{REFjournal
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