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===Traumatic effect of infant circumcision===
There is now substantial evidence that infant circumcision causes post traumatic stress disorder. All of the requirements are present.Memory starts to function before birth and continues to function in the newborn period.<ref>{{REFjournal |last=Hepper |first= |author-link= |last2= |first2= |author2-link= |last3= |first3= |author3-link= |last4= |first4= |author4-link= |last5= |first5= |author5-link= |last6= |first6= |author6-link= |last7= |first7= |author7-link= |last8= |first8= |author8-link= |last9= |first9= |author9-link= |etal=yes |title=Fetal memory: Does it exist? What does it do? |trans-title= |language= |journal=Acta Pædiatrica (Stockholm) |location= |date=1996 |volume= |issue= |pages= |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/psych/hepper1/ |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=8997443 |pubmedCID= |DOI= |accessdate=}}</ref>
Taddio & colleagues (1995)(1997) studied the effect of neonatal circumcision on the behavior of boys after surgery and at the time of vaccination. It was found that circumcised boys had a higher pain response at time of vaccination as compared with intact boys.<ref name="taddio"1995">{{REFjournal