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* The large numbers of [[intact]] boys growing up healthy and happy is further eroding support for non-therapeutic [[circumcision]].
* The large numbers of [[intact]] boys growing up healthy and happy is further eroding support for non-therapeutic [[circumcision]].


* The survey (2006) found that the incidence of circumcision on Prince Edward Island was 38 percent.  A recent report (2019) indicated that non-therapeutic circumcision of boys is no longer available on P.E.I. because no practitioner will perform the non-therapeutic [[amputation]] of part of a boy's [[penis]].<ref name="williams2019">{{REFnews
* The survey (2006) found that the incidence of circumcision on Prince Edward Island was 38 percent.  A recent report (2019) indicated that non-therapeutic circumcision of boys is no longer available on P.E.I. after the retirement of Dr Doug Tweel in December 2018,<ref>{{REFnews
|title=New doctor to take over Doug Tweel's patients by June
|url=https://ca.news.yahoo.com/doctor-over-doug-tweel-apos-000000380.html
|last=Anonymous
|publisher=CBC
|date=2019-05-13
|accessdate=2026-02-26}}</ref> because no practitioner will perform the non-therapeutic [[amputation]] of part of a boy's [[penis]].<ref name="williams2019">{{REFnews
  |title=Mom 'enraged' she can't find doctor to perform circumcision on P.E.I.
  |title=Mom 'enraged' she can't find doctor to perform circumcision on P.E.I.
  |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/p-e-i-no-doctors-circumcision-1.5187284
  |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/p-e-i-no-doctors-circumcision-1.5187284