Circumcision industry: Difference between revisions

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[https://physicianpracticespecialists.com/state-specific-services/state-medical-societies/ State medical societies] work behind the scenes within their own state to remove any impediments to the practice of medically unnecessary, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] and to maintain [[third-party payment]] insurance coverage.

== Hospitals ==

~~Many~~ hospitals promote and profit from the practice of medically unnecessary, non-therapeutic ~~practice~~, by allowing its practice, by automatically providing a circumcision consent form in the package of forms provided to an expectant mother in labor on admission, and by directing nurses to repeatedly inquire of mothers if a [[circumcision]] is desired.<ref>{{REFweb

Non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of the newborn is regarded as a [https://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/profitcentre.asp profit center], therefore most maternity hospitals promote and profit from the practice of medically unnecessary, non-therapeutic circumcision, by allowing and encouraging its practice, by automatically providing a circumcision consent form in the package of forms provided to an expectant mother in labor on admission, and by directing nurses to repeatedly inquire of mothers if a [[circumcision]] is desired.<ref>{{REFweb

|url=https://www.prweb.com/releases/having-a-baby-boy-intact-america-warns-get-ready-for-the-circumcision-sellers--807966573.html

|title=Having a Baby Boy? Intact America Warns, ‘Get Ready for the Circumcision Sellers!'

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|accessdate=2023-11-12

|quote=Each year, an estimated 1.4 million baby boys are circumcised in American medical settings. [[Intact America]] estimates that if circumcision solicitations were to cease, 600,000 boys—and the men they will become—would be spared every year from the [[trauma]] and lifelong consequences of the procedure.

}}</ref> ~~Non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of the newborn is treated as a [https://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/profitcentre.asp profit center].~~

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== Physicians ==

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 [https://physicianpracticespecialists.com/state-specific-services/state-medical-societies/ State medical societies] work behind the scenes within their own state to remove any impediments to the practice of medically unnecessary, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] and to maintain [[third-party payment]] insurance coverage.
 == Hospitals ==
-Many hospitals promote and profit from the practice of medically unnecessary, non-therapeutic practice, by allowing its practice, by automatically providing a circumcision consent form in the package of forms provided to an expectant mother in labor on admission, and by directing nurses to repeatedly inquire of mothers if a [[circumcision]] is desired.<ref>{{REFweb
+Non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of the newborn is regarded as a [https://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/profitcentre.asp profit center], therefore most maternity hospitals promote and profit from the practice of medically unnecessary, non-therapeutic circumcision, by allowing and encouraging its practice, by automatically providing a circumcision consent form in the package of forms provided to an expectant mother in labor on admission, and by directing nurses to repeatedly inquire of mothers if a [[circumcision]] is desired.<ref>{{REFweb
   |url=https://www.prweb.com/releases/having-a-baby-boy-intact-america-warns-get-ready-for-the-circumcision-sellers--807966573.html
   |title=Having a Baby Boy? Intact America Warns, ‘Get Ready for the Circumcision Sellers!'
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   |accessdate=2023-11-12
   |quote=Each year, an estimated 1.4 million baby boys are circumcised in American medical settings. [[Intact America]] estimates that if circumcision solicitations were to cease, 600,000 boys—and the men they will become—would be spared every year from the [[trauma]] and lifelong consequences of the procedure.
-}}</ref> Non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of the newborn is treated as a [https://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/profitcentre.asp profit center].
+}}</ref>
 == Physicians ==