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===Condemnation=of child circumcision==[[Alfonso Cepeda-Emiliani| Cepeda-Emiliani ]] et al. {2025) stated:
o to medical therapy, then the amount of tissue should be limited so as topreserve the anatomy and function of the external genitalia.”<re ref name="cepeda2025">{{REFjournal
[[Intact America]] Yang et al. (20242025) argues that public opinion regarding non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of children is approaching or at report a "tipping pointsignificant" at which [[intact]] genitals would be preferred decline in the incidence of circumcision over the a ten-year period and that only a minority of American boys are being [[circumcised]] varietyin the newborn period.<refname="yang2025">{{REFweb |url=https://intactamerica.org/public-opinion-on-circumcision/ |title=Public Opinion on Circumcision: Can Intactivists Hit A Tipping Point?REFjournal |last=AnonymousYang
Bollinger estimated the total cost of We note that [[circumcisionAustralia]] reported a significant improvement in 2012 for Americans, child health when all costs are included, to be $3.6 billion annuallythe incidence of circumcision declined in that nation.<ref>{{REFweb |url=https://www.academiaaihw.gov.eduau/6442587reports/High_Cost_of_Circumcision_3.6_Billion_Annually |title=High Cost of Circumcision: $3.6 Billion Annually |last=Bollinger |first=Dan |authorchildren-link=Dan Bollinger |publisher=Academia |website=https:youth//www.academia.edu |date=2012 |accessdate=2024australias-children-06in-21brief/summary |formattitle= |quote=As the saying goes, follow the money. Now you know why neither the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]], American Medical Association, [[American Academy of Family Physicians]], or the [[American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists]] haven’t condemned this unnecessary surgery, and why their physician members are quick to recommend the procedure to expectant parents.}}</ref> He has since updated his estimate of total annual cost Australia’s children: in 2020 to be $5,685,000,000 or nearly six billion dollars per year.<ref>{{REFbookbrief
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There also are additional non-financial costs, which include sexual and sensory losses that adversely impact on the sexual experience in adult life, and psychological losses such as [[PTSD]], and grieving of losses.
==The advantages and benefits of avoiding circumcision==
* Your newborn son will not be cruelly strapped to a [[circumstraint]].
* Your newborn son will not suffer the extreme [[pain]] of circumcision.
* Your newborn son will not suffer the physical and psychic [[trauma]]* of circumcision.
* Your newborn son will not be exposed to the surgical risks of [[bleeding]], [[infection]], and [[complication]] of non-therapeutic circumcision.
* Your newborn son will not have an open wound requiring care and subject to [[infection]] on his [[penis]].
* Your newborn son will not suffer the weeks of [[Pain#Post-surgical_pain| post-surgical pain]].
* Your newborn son will not have his [[Pain#Injury_to_the_infant_nervous_system| nervous system permanently injured]] by the extreme pain of circumcision.
* Your newborn son's [[foreskinned]] [[penis]] will be [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin| protected]] and need no special care at home.
* Your newborn son will be more able to start [[breastfeeding]] due to the lack of [[trauma]], and enjoy the increased [[Immunological protection of breastfeeding| immunological protection]].
* Your newborn son may leave hospital earlier due to avoidance of an expensive, harmful, unnecessary, non-therapeutic circumcision.<ref name="mansfield1995">{{REFjournal
|last=Mansfield
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|init=CJ
|url=https://intactamerica.org/circumcision-anger-and-resentment/ |title=The Circumcision Decision: Unpackaging Anger and Resentment |last=Garner |first=Bryan |init= |author-link= |publisher=Intact America |date=2024-08-26 |accessdate=2024-09-05}}* {{REFweb |url=https://intactamerica.org/circumcision-a-barbaric-practice-with-consequences/ |title=Circumcision: A Barbaric Practice with Consequences No One Talks About |last=Garrett |first=Connor |init= |author-link=Connor Judson Garrett |publisher=Intact America |date=2024-08-28 |accessdate=2024-10-15}}* {{REFweb |url=https://www.reddit.com/userr/C4CharkeyNewBorn/comments/1jum85tu9c5og/the_accidental_intactivist_manifesto_iquestions_for_baby_boi_do_you_circumcised_your/ |title=Section I. Introduction: The Price of Admission – Waking from the American DreamQuestions for baby boi do you circumcised your baby or leave it? |last=C4Charkey |first= |init= |author-link=C4CharkeyAnonymous
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"Male '''circumcision''' (from Latin ''circumcidere'', meaning "to cut around") is the surgical removal or [[amputation]] of the [[foreskin]] (prepuce), a major part of the human [[penis]]. Circumcision amputates ''more than fifty percent'' of the epithelium of the [[penis]].<ref name="taylor1996">{{TaylorJR LockwoodAP TaylorAJ 1996}}</ref> When the "cutting around" is performed, the foreskin falls off, so [[amputation]] and [[mutilation]] is the result, leaving the delicate and sensitive mucosa of the [[glans penis]] exposed and unprotected against [[trauma]] and [[infection]]. The amputation destroys the [[Foreskin#Physiological_functions| many protective, immunological, sexual, and sensory physiological functions]] of the foreskin, so it is a very harmful and [[Pain| painful]] surgery.<ref name="garrett2023-11-10">{{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/pros-and-cons-of-circumcision/
}}</ref>
<blockquote>
Our results reinforce the relevance of [https://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/cold-taylor/ Cold and Taylor’s 11 1999 conclu-sions conclusions] (p. 42), which now seem more pertinent than ever: “The prepuce
is a specialized, specific erogenous tissue in both males and females.
Therefore, surgical excision should be restricted to lesions that are
unresponsive to medical therapy. . . Preputial plasty should be consid-ered considered in place of circumcision whenever possible, so as to preserve
the corpuscular sensory receptors, dartos muscle, penile mucosa and
complete function of the penis. . . Although a Fourcroy grade 1 female
circumcision would excise less tissue than in a male, this compari-son comparison cannot be used to justify female circumcision. Excision of normal,
erogenous genital tissue from healthy male or female children cannot
be condoned, as the histology confirms that the external genitalia are
informed decision. If external genital tissue must be excised to combat
a disease process that threatens the child’s health, and is unresponsive
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|author-link=Alfonso Cepeda-Emiliani
|last2=Otero-Alén
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|DOI=10.1111/andr.70118
|accessdate=2025-10-01
}}</ref>
</blockquote>
==History==
Circumcision was popularized in English-speaking nations in the nineteenth century. The practice of non-therapeutic circumcision of boys now has greatly declined in [[Australia]], [[Canada]], [[New Zealand]] and the [[United Kingdom]]. It has been gradually declining since 1980 in the [[United States]]. It has ''never'' been a popular practice in other western nations. Circumcision of boys is not done in the Russian Federation, Latin America, or [[China]]. In [[India]] only the minority Muslim population does circumcision of children. In Europe it is only done for religious reasons by Muslims and Jews.
Circumcision is classified as a form of [[genital mutilation]].
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== Tipping point ==
[[Intact America]] (2024) points out the need for reform in the American media false portrayal of infant circumcision as a benign procedure.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/truth-about-circumcision-media/
|pubmedCID=
|DOI=10.1097/JU.0000000000001316
|accessdate=2025-0310-1802
}}</ref>
|first=
|init=P |publisherauthor-link= |last2=Zhu |first2=Intact America |dateinit2=2024X |author2-03link= |last3=Patel |first3= |init3=EU |author3-23link= |accessdatelast4=Quin |first4= |init4=2024PC |author4-04-09link= |last5=Grabowski}}</ref> It is now likely that America has already passed the "tipping point". |first5= |init5=MK |author5-link= |last6=Financial and other costsTobian |first6= |init6=AARInfant male circumcision is an extra |author6-cost option after birth. There are link=Aaron Tobian |etal=no medical indications for it. It is a medically |title=Trends in Circumcision Among Newborn Males in the US |trans-unnecessary, nontitle= |language= |journal=JAMA Pediatrics |location= |date=2025-therapeutic, non10-beneficial irreversible amputation of a functional body part, so medical insurance may or may not pay for it. There are several financial costs associated with infant circumcision. There is a hospital fee, a set-up fee, pharmaceutical fees, a separate fee for the medical doctor who performs the amputation, and various possible additional costs for the treatment of complications.<ref name02 |season= |volume= |issue= |article=e252464 |page= |pages="garrett2023-12-21">{{REFweb |url=https://intactamericajamanetwork.orgcom/journals/jamapediatrics/economics-of-circumcisionfullarticle/2838312 |title=The Economics of Circumcision: A Full Breakdown of This Penis Business |lastarchived=Garrett |firstquote=Connor |initpubmedID=40952753 |author-linkpubmedCID=Connor Judson Garrett12439174 |publisherDOI=Intact America |date=2023-12-2110.1001/jamapediatrics.2025.2464 |accessdate=20242025-0509-1517}}</ref>Although the incidence of [[circumcision of the newborn]] has been gradually declining for decades, this is the first study to report an overall incidence of less than fifty percent. Based on this new information, we can now report that [[intactness]] is now the NORM among the newborn boys of America.
|last=Anonymous
|first=
|init=
|author-link=
|last2publisher=HuestonAustralian Institute of Health and Welfare |first2pubmedID= |init2ISBN=WJ |author2978-1-link= |last3=Rudy |first3= |init3=M |author376054-link= |etal=no |title=Neonatal circumcision: associated factors and length of hospital stay |trans659-title=5 |language= |journal=J Fam Pract |locationDOI=10.25816/5e152818d082c |date=19952019-10 |volume=41 |issue=4 |pages=37012-6 |url=https://www.cirp.org/library/procedure/mansfield/ |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=7561711 |pubmedCID=17 |accessdate=2025-0309-1417}}</ref>* Your newborn son's [[foreskinned]] penis will fit the style of the twenty-first century.* Your newborn son will not experience in his adult life the major loss of [[Erogenous sensation of the foreskin| erogenous sensation]] that occurs with amputation of the [[foreskin]].* Your newborn son will not experience in his adult life the [[Psychological issues of male circumcision| psychological issues]] that frequently occur in [[circumcised]] men.* Your newborn son will not need to undertake [[foreskin restoration]] in his adult life.==Video=====This should be a crime.===<youtube>v=ob4OADNIidc</youtube>===Part One: Circumcision, A Newborn's Nightmare===<youtube>v=cVF97eIXIJA</youtube>===Part Two: The Origin of Circumcision in America===<youtube>v=oXq8FY50LsQ</youtube>===Part Three: Can Babies Really Feel Pain?===<youtube>v=taQ6L73IAIE</youtube>
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Adolescent Fusions and adult circumcisionadhesions]]* [[Bodily harm]]* [[Breastfeeding]]* [[Case Histories]]* [[Circumcision bullet-points for parents]]* [[Circumcision: Effect upon erectile function]]* [[Circumcision instruments]]* [[Circumcision of the newborn]]* [[Circumcision maps]]* [[Circumcision methods]]* [[Circumcision scar]]* [[Circumcision video library]]* [[Circumpendium]]* [[Circumstraint]]* [[Documented severe complications of circumcision]]* [[Ethics of non-therapeutic child circumcision]]* [[Exsanguination]]* [[FGM]]* [[Foreskin restoration information for circumcised teens]]* [[History of circumcision]]* [[Human rights]]* [[Islamic circumcision]]* [[Lymphoedema]]* [[MGM]]* [[Pain]]* [[Psychological issues of male circumcision]]* [[Rights situation on circumcision]]* [[Risks and complications]]* [[Ritual circumcision]]* [[Sexual effects of circumcision]]* [[Sudden Infant Death Syndrome]] (SIDS)* [[Surrogate_consent]]* [[The Accidental Intactivist Manifesto: Exposing the Monster We Agree Not to See – A Lifetime Reckoning]]* [[TraumaNeurotomy]]{{LINKS}} * {{REFweb |url=https://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/garcia/ |title=What exactly is circumcision and what is it not? |last=Garcia |first=Francisco |date=1995-12-11 |accessdate=2020-09-08}}* {{REFjournal |last=Fleiss |first=Paul |init=P |author-link=Paul M. Fleiss |title=The foreskin is necessary |journal=Mothering |date=1997-01 |volume= |issue= |pages=36-45 |url=http://www.noharmm.org/mothering.htm |accessdate=2020-06-29}}*{{REFweb |url=https://15square.org.uk/losses-from-circumcision/ |title=Losses from Circumcision |last=Ball |first=Peter |publisher=15 Square |date=2003-08-09 |accessdate=2023-02-23}}* {{REFweb |url=http://members.tranquility.net/~rwinkel/MGM/primer.html |title=Male Circumcision in the USA: A Human Rights Primer |last=Winkel |first=Rich |author-link=Rich Winkel |date=2005-05-12 |accessdate=2021-01-27}}* {{REFnews |title=Circumcision circumspection: Weigh the facts before making the call |url=https://www.cirp.org/news/2007/2007-01-09_chicagotribune.php |last=Peres |first=Judy |init= |author-link= |publisher=Chicago Tribune |website= |date=2007-01-09 |accessdate=2014-07-28 |format= |quote=Ethan, a Chicagoan who asked that his last name not be used, said he and his wife decided not to circumcise their two sons, now ages 5 and 1. "We didn't think it was a good idea to impose an operation on a baby that was not medically necessary," he said.}}* {{REFnews |title=Circumcision losing favor with U.S. parents |url=https://www.cirp.org/news/2007/2007-06-21_SFChronicle.php |last=Guthmann |first=Edward |publisher=San Francisco Chronicle |website= |date=2007-06-21 |accessdate=2024-07-28 |format= |quote=According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the circumcision rate in the United States dropped to 55.9 percent in 2003 — an all-time postwar low.}}* {{REFnews |title=In Last Four Decades, Circumcision Has Lost Popularity in United States |url=https://www.cirp.org/news/2007/2007-07-08_theledger.php |last=White |first=Garry |author-link= |publisher=Lakeland Ledger |website= |date=2007-07-08 |accessdate=2024-07-28 |quote=Opponents of circumcision say the procedure is doubly harmful, inflicting pain at the time of surgery and reducing sexual pleasure later through the removal of the nerve-rich foreskin.}}* {{REFnews |title=Making the Cut |url=https://www.cirp.org/news/2007/2007-11-02_time.php |last=Lee-St. John |first=Jeninne |init= |author-link= |publisher=Time Magazine |website= |date=2007-11-02 |accessdate=2024-07-28 |format= |quote=But [[intactivism]] is also gaining traction among educated, middle-class whites. As University of Virginia sociologist Brad Wilcox observes, "It's these new parents that are unwilling to let kids suffer."}}* {{REFnews |title=Parents reconsider routine circumcision |url=https://www.cirp.org/news/2007/2007-11-30_theenquirer.php |last=Facciolo |first=Christine |init= |author-link= |publisher=Cincinnati Enquirer |date=2007-11-30 |season= |accessdate= |format= |quote=But foes of removing the penis foreskin argue that the procedure provides minimal benefits, causes extreme pain and produces long-term psychological and sexual trauma.}}* {{REFdocument |title=Genital Integrity Policy Statement |url=https://pool.intactiwiki.org/images/2008_Genital_Integrity_Policy_Statement.pdf |contribution= |last=Hill |first=George |author-link=George Hill |publisher=[[Doctors Opposing Circumcision (D.O.C.)]] |format=PDF |date=2008-06 |accessdate=2024-11-03}}* {{REFjournal |last=Testa |first=Patrick |init= |author-link= |last2=Block |first2=Walter E. |init2= |author2-link= |etal=no |title=Libertarianism and circumcision |trans-title= |language= |journal=Int J Health Poiicy Manag |location= |date=2014-05-26 |volume=3 |issue= |article= |page= |pages=33-40 |url=https://www.academia.edu/7587653/Libertarianism_and_Circumcision?email_work_card=view-paper |pubmedID=24987720 |pubmedCID=4075101 |DOI=10.15171/ijhpm.2014.51 |accessdate=}} * {{REFweb |url=https://intaction.org/what-is-circumcision/ |title=What is circumcision? |last=Simone |first=Judy |author-link= |publisher=Intaction |website=https://intaction.org/ |date=2020-07-26 |accessdate=2020-10-04 |format= |quote=}}* {{REFweb |url=https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WS4pmFCoHkq3UloORfSWi4VgnM11m_5-/edit |title=Unwarranted Presumption |last=Anonymous |first= |init= |publisher=Google |date=2022-12-10 |accessdate=2025-02-20}}* {{REFjournal |last=Deacon |first= |init=M |author-link= |last2=Muir |first2= |init2=G |author2-link= |etal=no |title=What is the medical evidence on non-therapeutic child circumcision? |trans-title= |language= |journal= Int J Impot Res |location= |date=2022-01-08 |volume= |issue= |article= |page= |pages= |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41443-021-00502-y |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=34997197 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1038/s41443-021-00502-y |accessdate=2023-04-30}}* {{REFweb |url=https://intactamerica.org/pros-and-cons-of-circumcision/ |title=Pros and Cons of Circumcision (Spoiler: You’ve Been Lied to) |last=Garrett |first= |init=CJ |publisher=Intact America |date=2023-11-10 |accessdate=2024-03-22}}* {{REFweb |url=https://intactamerica.org/groups-who-pressure-you-to-circumcise/ |title=The 4 Authority Figures and Groups Who Will Pressure You to Circumcise (and What You Can Do) |last=Garrett |first=Connor |init= |publisher=Intact America |date=2024-01-24 |accessdate=2024-01-27}}* {{REFweb |url=https://intactamerica.org/keeping-your-sons-penis-intact/ |title=Keeping Your Son’s Penis Intact: A Guide for Parents |last=Garrett |first=Connor |init= |publisher=Intact America |date=2024-01-24 |accessdate=2024-01-29}}* {{REFweb |url=https://intactamerica.org/timeline-of-circumcision-suffering/ |title=A Timeline of Circumcision Suffering: A Detailed Look |last=Garrett |first=Connor |init= |publisher=Intact America |date=2024-02-02 |accessdate=2024-02-09}}
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