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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. There are no medical indications for [[circumcision of the newborn]]<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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}}</ref> and very few thereafter.

* 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.<ref>{{REFjournal

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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. There are no medical indications for [[circumcision of the newborn]]<ref name="mansfield1995">{{REFjournal
+ |last=Mansfield
+ |first=
+ |init=CJ
+ |author-link=
+ |last2=Hueston
+ |first2=
+ |init2=WJ
+ |author2-link=
+ |last3=Rudy
+ |first3=
+ |init3=M
+ |author3-link=
+ |etal=no
+ |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/
+ |archived=
+ |quote=
+ |pubmedID=7561711
+ |pubmedCID=
+ |DOI=
+ |doi=
+ |accessdate=2026-04-10
+}}</ref> and very few thereafter.
 * 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.<ref>{{REFjournal