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'''Adolescent and adult circumcision''' is rare when compared to the millions upon millions of medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic circumcisions of boys that are carried out in Islamic nations, Israel, the [[United States]], and elsewhere. | '''Adolescent and adult circumcision''' is rare when compared to the millions upon millions of medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic circumcisions of boys that are carried out in Islamic nations, Israel, the [[United States]], and elsewhere. | ||
[[Rosemary Romberg]] commented on adult circumcision in the [[United States]]: | |||
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<i>In the United States doctors tend to consider the foreskin as something "dispensible." | |||
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It is difficult to ascertain the true percentage of actual need for adult circumcision among intact males. In a circumcision-oriented society such as ours many doctors prescribe the operation for conditions which could be resolved, often easily, without resort to surgery.…</i><ref>{{REFbook | |||
|last=Romberg | |||
|first=Rosemary | |||
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|author-link=Rosemary Romberg | |||
|year=2021 | |||
|title=Circumcision — The Painful Dilemma | |||
|url=https://circumcisionthepainfuldilemma.wordpress.com/ | |||
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|editor=[[Ulf Dunkel]] | |||
|edition=Second Edition, Revised | |||
|volume= | |||
|chapter=The Circumcision of an Adult | |||
|scope= | |||
|page=247 | |||
|pages= | |||
|location= | |||
|publisher=Kindle | |||
|ISBN=23: 979-8683021252 | |||
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|accessdate=2023-08-31 | |||
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}}</ref> | |||
</blockquote> | |||
==Consent== | ==Consent== | ||