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| − | Canada, like other English speaking nations formerly circumcised most of its boys, with circumcision rates in the sixty-seventy percent range in the 1960s.<ref>{{REFjournal | + | The status of non-therapeutic circumcision in Canada has been poorly reported. This page is an attempt to correct that situation. |
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| − | Non-therapeutic circumcision of children is offensive to many Canadian minorities. The French-speaking people of Quebec and elsewhere generally do not favor circumcision. Male circumcision is not part of the culture of Inuit, First Nations, and Métis populations (4.3%). | + | Non-therapeutic circumcision of children is offensive to many Canadian minorities. The French-speaking people of Quebec and elsewhere generally do not favor circumcision. Male circumcision is not part of the culture of Inuit, First Nations, and Métis populations (4.3%). |
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The [[Canadian Paediatric Society]] took a position against non-therapeutic circumcision of boys in 1975, declaring it to have "no medical indication" and to be an "obsolete operation".<ref>{{REFjournal | The [[Canadian Paediatric Society]] took a position against non-therapeutic circumcision of boys in 1975, declaring it to have "no medical indication" and to be an "obsolete operation".<ref>{{REFjournal | ||
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The status of non-therapeutic circumcision in Canada has been poorly reported. This page is an attempt to correct that situation.
History
Canada, like other English-speaking nations formerly circumcised most of its boys, with circumcision rates in the sixty-seventy percent range in the 1960s.[1]
Non-therapeutic circumcision of children is offensive to many Canadian minorities. The French-speaking people of Quebec and elsewhere generally do not favor circumcision. Male circumcision is not part of the culture of Inuit, First Nations, and Métis populations (4.3%).
Position statements of medical societies.
The Canadian Paediatric Society took a position against non-therapeutic circumcision of boys in 1975, declaring it to have "no medical indication" and to be an "obsolete operation".[2]
Canada has fourteen single-payer health insurance plans — one for each of the ten provinces and three territories and a 14th plan for government employees. The British Columbia HIP stopped paying for non-therapeutic circumcision in the 1980s. One by one, all other HIPs have stopped paying for non-therapeutic circumcision. Third-party payment for non-therapeutic circumcision is not presently available anywhere in Canada.
References
- ↑
Wirth, John L.. Current circumcision practices: Canada. Pediatrics. 1980; 66(5): 705-8. PMID. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
- ↑ Swyer, PR, Boston, RW, Murdock, A, Paré, C, Rees, E, Segal, S, Sinclair, JC. FN 75 Circumcision in the newborn period. CPS News Bull Suppl. 1975; 8(2): 1-2. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
