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→Circumcision impairs commencement of breastfeeding
==Circumcision impairs commencement of breastfeeding==
Neonatal [[circumcision]] is a medically unnecessary, non-therapeutic, intensely painful surgery that is carried out just the time when breastfeeding is being commenced. Circumcision causes extreme [[pain]], [[trauma]], and [[shock]], and disturbs feeding behavior. <ref>{{REFjournal |last=American Academy of Pediatrics. Committee on Psychosocial Aspects of Child and Family Health; Task Force on Pain in Infants, Children, and Adolescents |etal=no |title=The Assessment and Management of Acute Pain in Infants, Children, and Adolescents (0793) |trans-title= |language= |journal=Pediatrics |location= |date=2002-09 |season= |volume=108 |issue=3 |article= |page= |pages=793-7 |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/pain/re9933/ |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=11533354 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1542/peds.108.3.793 |accessdate=2022-12-08}}</ref> The infant boy is left in a debilitated state in which he is unable to manage to breastfeedinitiate breastfeeding,<ref>{{REFjournal
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