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,→Finding an ethical way to do painful non-therapeutic circumcision
}}</ref> have suggested that it would be better to abandon the practice of non-therapeutic infant circumcision because of the pain associated with it.
The ''Daily Mail'' (2021) reported the pain stress of non-therapeutic neonatal circumcision increases the risk of [[SIDS]], and that the incidence of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is lower where baby boys are not [[circumcised]].<ref name="thompson2021">{{REFnews
|title=Circumcising newborn boys increases their risk of cot death due to the stress of the procedure - and could explain why it is more common in boys than girls, study finds
|url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-5998771/Circumcising-newborn-boys-increases-risk-cot-death-stress-procedure.html