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== Circumcision trauma ==
There are no medical indications for infant [[circumcision]],<ref>{{REFbook |last=Committee on Fetus and Newborn |first= |init= |year=1971 |title=Standards and Recommendation for Hospital Care of Newborn infants. 5th ed. |url=https://www.cirp.org/library/statements/aap/#a1971 |scope= |location=Evanston |publisher=American Academy of Pediatrics |ISBN= |accessdate=2024-04-03 }}</ref> which is a non-therapeutic, medically-unnecessary invasive amputative surgery. Infant circumcision occurs more than 2,000 times a day in the [[United States]]. Circumcision trauma includes ''both'' physical trauma and psychic trauma.<ref name="boyle2002">{{BoyleGJ GoldmanR SvobodaJS FernandezE 2002}}</ref> <ref>{{REFjournal
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|title=Extreme trauma from male circumcision causes damage to areas of the brain.
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