Realistically there's a wealth of research on both sides, and none of it agrees, in that case the requirement is clear, no intervention without direct, consent. This is sexually transmitted diseases we are talking about, children don't have sex, teens do, they can wait for him.
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I'd like to point out none of these studies prove causation either, just correlation. They all make assumptions as to why rates are different, even the two studies that found lower rates of HIV in FGM victims dismissed that there could be any physiological reason, assuming no >>
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2> causal relationship when they found the opposite of their hypothesis. We have a lot of bad science (African HIV RCTs, image attached) and a lot of assumptions, with value analysis that skews from the traditional standards for surgeries. Oh and I have never seen the WHO >>pic.twitter.com/AZ1BOvcQlX
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3> advocate infant circumcision, unfortunately in practice it is including children but I believe their recommendation is for voluntary adult consent.
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