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Eleanor LeBourdais

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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' ({d. {LifeData||2016}}) was a Canadian medical journalist. PubMed Central indexes 82 published articles from 1973 through 2014. She wrote a factually accurate, but controversial , article in 1995 about the decline in the practice of non-therapeutic infant [[circumcision]] in [[Canada]] . == Controversy ==The ''Canadian Medical Association Journal'' published letters in response to the article by LeBourdais on 1 October 1995. There was a letter by Robin Chorn, who alleged [[antisemitism]], and another letter by Dr. Brian W. Gregory, who defended the practice of non-therapeutic neonatal circumcision on medical grounds. This was followed by a response by LeBourdais and a letter of support by Dr. [[George C. Denniston]].<ref>{{REFjournal |last=Chorn |first=Robin |init= |author-link= |last2=Gregory |first2=Brian W. |init2= |author2-link= |last3=LeBourdais |first3=Eleanor |init3= |author3-link=Eleanor LeBourdais |last4=Denniston |first4=George C. |init4= |author4-link=George C. Denniston |etal=no |title=Letters to the Editor |trans-title= |language= |journal=CMAJ |location= |date=1995-10-01 |volume=153 |issue=7 |article= |pages=885-6 |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/general/lebourdais/responses.html |archived= |quote= |pubmedID= |pubmedCID= |DOI= |accessdate=2023-01-29}}</ref>
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