#i2 2/8 "both in the technical procedure, as well as ethical decision-making in complex circumstances." Let's apply your "ethical decision-making" to these circumstances: the parents of the boy you just delivered want his foreskin amputated. There's no medical diagnosis or...
#i2 1/8 In this pro-abortion puff piece, the only non-softball question was: "Can any woman simply choose to have an abortion late in her pregnancy?" In her evasive non-response, Dr Levy of @ACOG assures us that "ob-gyns...have very specific training @CNN https://cnn.it/2Sumf4j
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#i2 4/8 Now let's say the child you just delivered is a girl, & her parents don't want you cutting off anything - but they do want you to prick her genitals. There's no diagnosis or medical indication that would make this medically necessary. Is the analysis different? How? Why?Show this thread -
#i2 5/8 And before you all start showing off how ignorant you are, read the attached & try to make points that aren't already disposed of by Professor Earp. https://quillette.com/2017/08/15/female-genital-mutilation-health-benefits-problem-medicalizing-morality/ … Speaking of "specific training" why do so many#OBGYNs cut off boys' penis parts in the 1st place?Show this thread -
#i2 6/8 Why do so many#OBGYNs keep using the inherently dangerous#Mogen clamp? Why do OBGYNs continually botch circumcisions, even after performing "more than 1,000" of them? As the#OBGYN hit w/the $1.4 million verdict in this case himself argued...https://www.mdedge.com/obgyn/article/80070/circumcision-accident-13m-verdict …Show this thread -
8/8 "amputation" happens w/EVERY
#circumcision b/c the#foreskin is highly innervated. It's just so much worse in a case like this where 30% of this 12 hour old infant's glans was amputated. Use of the#Mogen clamp results in glans amputations over & over.Show this thread -
PS Someone w/"very specific training" technically & ethically would have put a stop to the barbaric, non-medical practice of cutting off boys' foreskins a long time ago, or would at the very least demand use of the
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...on infant circumcision while holding the "Health Policy" portfolio for the
#ACOG high command is a disgrace to the US medical profession. No honest person could possibly take seriously what she has to say about "ethics" until she starts speaking out against child circumcision.Show this thread
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