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== Business interests ==
Only very few will supposedly know that [[circumcision ]] has become a [[Circumcision industry| lucrative business]]. Not only the operation itself, but also the potentially needed aftercare, bring [[Financial incentive| profits]]. But while this is still obvious, there are also other trades that make money from it.
Baby [[foreskin]]s are a coveted resource. Under the name "[[Apligraf]]" an artificial [[skin]] product is marketed worldwide, which is used - among other uses - as an alternative to [[skin]] grafts using the patient’s own [[skin]]. It is grown from the [[foreskin]]s of children as young as possible. Since they are also mostly free of pathogenic organisms, they are also used as the basis for collagen, which is, among other purposes, used for anti wrinkle therapy and for lip augmentation. The manufacturer of the British product "Vavelta" advertised with the use of "freshly harvested (!) [[foreskin]]s". It is ''inter alia'' used as a replacement for animal experiments testing the compatibility of cosmetic products. In the face of the falling numbers of non-therapeutic infant circumcisions in the [[USA]], manufacturers have already expressed concerns that they might not "bring in enough harvest" more than 10 years ago. The parents of the [[circumcised]] boys, however, very rarely know of the "secondary use" of their son's "donated" body parts. While preimplantation genetic diagnosis, stem cell research and genetic engineering are time and again critically questioned and discussed, the lifelong, significant modification of infant bodies for the good of the cosmetic industry is still common practice — supposedly partly because many women do not know what their augmented lips and wrinkle-free cheeks are made of baby [[foreskin]]. An ethical justification cannot be valid here.
* [[Human rights]]
* [[Jurisprudence]]
* [[Sweden]]
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