21/33 Would you force a 17 y. o. male to undergo foreskin amputation if his new stepfather demanded it? What if he was a 5 y.o.? Would you force genital cutting of any kind on a girl of any age? How then can you defend forcing #foreskin amputation on a boy at any age? #i2 #AAP18
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22/33 AAP’s frustration at its inability to address these & similar questions has never been greater, & increases all the time. Some
#tweetiatricians block/mute them & it’s clearly b/c there’s no way to defend the amputation of healthy#foreskin from a child’s body as ethical.2 replies 1 retweet 5 likesShow this thread -
23/33 But that frustration is not equivalent to the frustration & moral outrage
#circumcision opponents have at the AAP’s failure to acknowledge basic truths about circumcision, especially its psychological harms. Mr. Arel tells us “My psychologist told me to get over it.”#i21 reply 0 retweets 4 likesShow this thread -
24/33 He’s far from the only man to say that. Too many men who’ve been psychologically harmed by
#circumcision are harmed again by psychologists who are themselves too afraid to confront the truth about circumcision. That’s psychological malpractice.#i2#AAP18#tweetiatrician1 reply 0 retweets 4 likesShow this thread -
25/33 Those attending this
#AAP session should consider 2 real-life examples. First, what not to do.@DrLovlie begins by implying that a man’s opinion about what was done to his own body w/out his consent matters only if it’s supported by “data” showing his view to be popular.pic.twitter.com/eLMcqfsjSt
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26/33 If you can’t understand why that’s wrong & offensive, just imagine doing it to a woman who says she would have preferred to have kept a healthy body part taken from her body w/out her consent.
#i2#AAP18@DrLovlie#tweetiatrician#tweetiatricians#PutKids1st#VoteKidspic.twitter.com/iSez5i8Io8
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27/33 A better example is set by @DrChen4kids, although she got off to a bad start by making a common
#FAAP error: blaming parents for a doctor’s ethical failure.#i2#AAP18#tweetiatrician#tweetiatricians#PutKids1st#VoteKids#meded#medtwitter#ethics#bioethicspic.twitter.com/hE7eMY75X9
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28/33 In the end however, after listening carefully,
@DrJenChen4kids acknowledged what every honest person must: that genital-cutting MDs DO bear responsibility, & should apologize for, the nontherapeutic#circumcisions they perform on non-consenting minors.#i2#AAP18#VoteKidspic.twitter.com/yEHTLE6OeP
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#Tweetiatricians, if you’re struggling to find credible answers to the questions on this thread that will still allow for a defense of nontherapeutic child#circumcision, then maybe you should follow Dr Chen’s example & stop trying to defend the indefensible.#i2#AAP181 reply 0 retweets 4 likesShow this thread -
30/33 Those of you at
#AAP18 might want to take it a step further: go outside & actually listen to all of the people who have come out to demonstrate against#AAP#circumcision policy.@bdmarotta@TrishCausey @Intact_Nation Listen to the regret parents who were lied to by MDs.1 reply 1 retweet 4 likesShow this thread
31/33 Listen to the circumcised men who object to what was done to them. And then come back inside & tell everyone else at #AAP18 that the “scientifically untenable” #AAP #circumcision policy needs to be retired immediately. #i2 #AAP18 #tweetiatrician #tweetiatricians #meded
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32/33 A physician’s first priority is to recognize harm, particularly when it’s iatrogenic, & to protect patients, especially children, from that harm. If you fail at that, little else matters.
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33/33 Tagging in
@EMeadeMD &@SeattleMamaDoc Hopefully they can continue to set a good example by demonstrating the right way to respond on#twitter & other#SoMe to the questions & concerns expressed here, by@jordanarel,@bdmarotta &@circmovie, & by many others.#i2#AAP180 replies 0 retweets 3 likesShow this thread
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