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Circumcision has long been falsely promoted as a prophylactic procedure that would prevent future disease, but contemporary research indicates that non-therapeutic male [[circumcision]] is very harmful.
Circumcision has long been falsely promoted as a prophylactic procedure that would prevent future disease, but contemporary research indicates that non-therapeutic male [[circumcision]] is very harmful.
* Circumcision actually is a surgical [[amputation]] that exposes the patient to [[bleeding]], [[infection]], [[Documented severe complications of circumcision| surgical mishap]], and certain loss of the [[Erogenous sensation of the foreskin| erogenous]], protective [[foreskin]].
* Circumcision actually is a surgical [[amputation]] that exposes the patient to [[bleeding]], [[infection]], [[Documented severe complications of circumcision| surgical mishap]], and certain loss of the [[Erogenous sensation of the foreskin| erogenous]], protective [[foreskin]].
* Several researchers have determined that infant male [[circumcision]] is a traumatizing event that produces [[posttraumatic stress disorder]]. There is reason to believe that many <b>West Virginia</b> males would be likely to suffer from post-circumcision traumatic stress disorder.
* Several researchers have determined that infant male [[circumcision]] is a traumatizing event that produces [[posttraumatic stress disorder]]. There is reason to believe that many <b>West Virginia</b> males would be likely to suffer from post-circumcision traumatic stress disorder.<ref>{{REFjournal
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|title=Male circumcision: pain, trauma and psychosexual sequelae
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|journal=Journal of Health Psychology
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|date=2002-05
|volume=7
|issue=3
|pages=329-43
|url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gregory-J-Boyle/publication/272499352_Male_Circumcision_Pain_Trauma_and_Psychosexual_Sequelae/links/54e733240cf2b1990609cfac/Male-Circumcision-Pain-Trauma-and-Psychosexual-Sequelae.pdf
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* Circumcised <b>West Virginia</b> boys are put at risk of developing [[meatal stenosis]] because of the loss of the [[Foreskin#Protective_functions| protection of the foreskin]].<ref name="vanhowe2006">{{REFjournal
* Circumcised <b>West Virginia</b> boys are put at risk of developing [[meatal stenosis]] because of the loss of the [[Foreskin#Protective_functions| protection of the foreskin]].<ref name="vanhowe2006">{{REFjournal
  |last=Van Howe
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