21,322
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
→The Decline of Circumcision: How Australia and New Zealand Left It Behind: Add external link.
|format=
|quote=
}}</ref> The percentage of [[circumcised]] males in Australia (prevalence) is was reported to be 26.6%in 2024.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://circstatistics.github.io/
|title=Global Circumcision Statistics and Estimates
[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-09/boy-dies-after-circumcision-in-perth-southern-suburbs/100687108 The homicide police have referred the death of the two-year-old toddler to the coroner for investigation].<ref name="white2021"/>
Coroner Robyn Hartley has determined two-year old David Kalunga Flynn died from an overdose of morphine. The inquest found that Dr. Raad Hassan failed to monitor the two-year-old boy. He has been referred to the Western Australia medical "watchdog" for further action.<ref>{{REFnews
|title=WA doctor Raad Hassan referred to health regulators over death of Perth boy following circumcision
|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-22/gosnells-circumcision-death-coroner-finding-against-wa-doctor/105678826
|last=Shepherd
|first=Briana
|init=
|author-link=
|last2=Kagi
|init2=Blake
|author2-link=
|publisher=Australia Broadcasting Corporation
|website=ABC
|date=2028-08-22
|accessdate=2028-08-30
|format=
|quote=While Mrs Flynn was trying to come to terms with that news, she was told Joseph needed to be transferred to Perth Children's Hospital where he underwent emergency surgery to control bleeding from his frenular artery, damaged during the circumcision.
}}</ref>
=== AMA warns against circumcision ===
As a consequence, it appears that the efforts of the [[RACP]] to revitalize the [[circumcision industry]] in Australia<ref name="RACP2022" /> may have scant success. The incidence of non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of boys recently has been variously reported to be 4-10 percent.
[[Foreskinned]] men and boys are in a strong and ever-increasing majority in Australia.
==Parental information==
* [[Foreskin revolution]]
* [[Intact Australia]]
* [[Jonathan Meddings]]
* [[New Zealand]]
* [[Royal Australasian College of Physicians]]
|date=2013-05
|accessdate=2019-11-21
}}
* {{REFnews
|title=Toddler dies and baby brother left in serious condition after circumcisions at Perth clinic
|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/dec/09/toddler-dies-and-baby-brother-in-serious-condition-after-circumcisions-at-perth-clinic
|last=Davey
|first=Melissa
|init=
|author-link=
|publisher=The Guardian
|website=
|date=2021-12-09
|accessdate=2026-01-18
|quote=
}}
* {{REFweb
[[Category:Circumcision]]
[[Category:Country]][[Category:AustraliaEnglish-speaking nation]]
[[Category:Genital mutilation]]
[[Category:Statistics]]
[[Category:Male circumcision]]
[[Category:Oceania]]
[[Category:CountriesAustralia]]
[[de:Australien]]