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A few days later, Cale received surgery to place a stent to relieve his heart disease.<ref name="bisram2025" />
==Solicitation for foreskin amputation==There are no medical indications for [[circumcision of the newborn.]] It is a medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic procedure. Circumcision creates horrible [[pain]] and [[trauma]], so an infant must be "stable and healthy" to survive the surgery.<ref>{{REFjournal |last=Lannon |first= |init=CM |author-link= |last2=Bailey |first2= |init2=AGD |author2-link= |last3=Fleishman, |first3= |init3=AR |author3-link= |last4= |first4= |init4= |author4-link= |last5= |first5= |init5= |author5-link= |last6= |first6= |init6= |author6-link= |last7= |first7= |init7= |author7-link= |last8= |first8= |init8= |author8-link= |last9= |first9= |init9= |author9-link= |etal=yes |title=Circumcision Policy Statement |trans-title= |language= |journal=Pediatrics |location= |date=1999-03-01 |volume=103 |issue=3 |pages=686-93 |url=https://www.cirp.org/library/statements/aap1999/ |archived= |quote=If circumcision is performed in the newborn period, it should only be done on infants who are stable and healthy. |pubmedID= |pubmedCID= |DOI= |doi= |accessdate=2025-04-29}}</ref>
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