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Histology of the male circumcision scar shows amputation neuromas, Schwann cell proliferation and the bulbous collection of variably sized neurites. Amputation neuromas do not mediate normal sensation and are notorious for generating pain.<ref name="ColdCJ TaylorJR 1999"/">
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}}</ref> (The National Health Service does not provide non-therapeutic circumcision.)
In recent years, legal writers in several English-speaking countries have been questioning the practice of acceding to parental wishes.<ref>See, e.g., [[Margaret A. Somerville|Somerville]], "Therapeutic and Non-Therapeutic Medical Procedures"; Poulter, ''English Criminal Law''; Chessler, "Justifying the Unjustifiable"; Smith, "Male Circumcision."</ref> For example, critics have pointed out that, in the United States, more than 1.3% of male neonatal deaths are attributable to the complications of non-therapeutic circumcision surgery.<ref name="Bollinger 2010">{{REFweb |quote= |url=http://www.icgi.org/2010/04/infant-circumcision-causes-100-deaths-each-year-in-us |title=Infant circumcision causes 100 deaths each year in US |last=Bollinger |first=Dan |author-link=Dan Bollinger |publisher=International Coalition for Genital Integrity |date=2010-04-26 |accessdate=2019-10-12}}</ref>
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