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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' has been heavily promoted by the [[circumcision industry]] in the [[United States of America]] for more than a century. Circumcision of the newborn does not treat or protect provent disease as no disease is present. There is no medical indication for [[circumcision]], so '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is seldom practiced out side of the [[United States ]] because newborn boys are born with healthy, protective [[foreskin]],<ref name="mansfield1995">{{REFjournal
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It is dangerous for newborn boys to receive general anesthesia, so when a newborn boy is [[circumcised]], he will experience severe [[pain]] , [[Post-traumatic stress disorder| stress]], and [[trauma]], and he will be put at risk of the known risks of circumcision surgery, including [[bleeding]], [[infection]], and [[Documented severe complications of circumcision| surgical accident]]. Iacob et al. (2021) has identified [[Complication#47_classes_of_complications| 47 classes of possible complications]].<ref name="iacob2021">{{REFjournal
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|first=Stanca Iris