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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' has been heavily promoted by the [[circumcision industry]] in the [[United States of America]] for more than a century. Circumcision of the newborn does not treat or protect disease as no disease is present. '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is seldom practiced out side of the United States | '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' has been heavily promoted by the [[circumcision industry]] in the [[United States of America]] for more than a century. Circumcision of the newborn does not treat or protect disease as no disease is present. There is no medical indication for [[circumcision]], so '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is seldom practiced out side of the United States because newborn boys are born with healthy, protective [[foreskin]],<ref name="mansfield1995">{{REFjournal | ||
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|title=Neonatal Circumcision: Associated Factors and Length of Hospital Stay | |||
|journal=J Fam Pract | |||
|date=1995-10 | |||
|volume=41 | |||
|issue=4 | |||
|pages=370-6 | |||
|url=https://www.cirp.org/library/procedure/mansfield/ | |||
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It is dangerous for newborn boys to receive general anesthesia, so when a newborn boy is [[circumcised]], he will experience severe [[pain]] and [[trauma]], and he will be put at risk of the known risks of circumcision surgery, including [[bleeding]], [[infection]], and surgical accident. | |||
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