@AmerAcadPeds @AAPPres Please delete the "circumcision" policy and start a new policy as "Pre-emptive Preputial Amputation" and stay out of the business of "culture" and "religion."
Obviously, you didn't read the article. If you had, you'd see that "at least two studies by Western scientists have shown a negative correlation between female circumcision and HIV." And it was found by "seasoned statisticians who expected to find the opposite relationship."
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The int'l medical consensus - supported by every non-US nat'l ass'n of MDs to have considered the issue - is that the supposed "benefits" of child
#circumcision are either NOT supported by evidence, or could not possibly justify forcing it on a child.http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/131/4/796 … -
So continue with your unsupported, fact-challenged views if you must. Most others are not so closed-minded, and are increasingly opposed to non therapeutic child
#circumcision after considering the anatomical, medical & ethical truths about this indefensible practice.#i2 - 2 more replies
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