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| − | Obstetricians have long been a major factor in the promotion and performance of [[circumcision of the newborn]]. | + | The [[American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists]] is a [[medical trade association]] that provides a statement on its website to encourage parents to consent to harmful, injurious [[circumcision of the newborn]]. Obstetricians have long been a major factor in the promotion and performance of [[circumcision of the newborn]]. |
| − | + | ==Statement by George C. Denniston, M.D., M.P.H.== | |
| − | George C. Denniston, M. D., M.P.H. (2025) commented: | + | [[George C. Denniston]], M. D., M.P.H. (2025) commented: |
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Some Obstetricians also routinely cut half of the normal skin from the normal penises of the newborn males whom they have just delivered. They do it without medical indication, and they continue to do it despite the overwhelming evidence of harm. There is no way of getting around the fact that these doctors are torturing and mutilating their patients at the rate of 3300 newborn males every day in the United States. It is totally amazing that Americans permit doctors to continue to commit these atrocities on a daily basis. They should pass a law, which is probably the only way to stop this compulsion.<ref name="denniston2025">{{REFbook | Some Obstetricians also routinely cut half of the normal skin from the normal penises of the newborn males whom they have just delivered. They do it without medical indication, and they continue to do it despite the overwhelming evidence of harm. There is no way of getting around the fact that these doctors are torturing and mutilating their patients at the rate of 3300 newborn males every day in the United States. It is totally amazing that Americans permit doctors to continue to commit these atrocities on a daily basis. They should pass a law, which is probably the only way to stop this compulsion.<ref name="denniston2025">{{REFbook | ||
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The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists is a medical trade association that provides a statement on its website to encourage parents to consent to harmful, injurious circumcision of the newborn. Obstetricians have long been a major factor in the promotion and performance of circumcision of the newborn.
Statement by George C. Denniston, M.D., M.P.H.
George C. Denniston, M. D., M.P.H. (2025) commented:
Some Obstetricians also routinely cut half of the normal skin from the normal penises of the newborn males whom they have just delivered. They do it without medical indication, and they continue to do it despite the overwhelming evidence of harm. There is no way of getting around the fact that these doctors are torturing and mutilating their patients at the rate of 3300 newborn males every day in the United States. It is totally amazing that Americans permit doctors to continue to commit these atrocities on a daily basis. They should pass a law, which is probably the only way to stop this compulsion.[1]
References
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Denniston GC (2025): Never a Dull Moment: The Life of an Activist Physician. Van Nuys: Donald A. Collins Publishing. Pp. 39-40. ISBN 9798287592585. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
