Complications are common e.g. Meatal stenosis is virtually unheard of in intact boys. 8%+ cut males require painful secondary surgery. 100% of circs result in damage to form and function. "not particularly painful"? I call BULLSHIT. Watch this torture!https://youtu.be/KrXowQyi2fk
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I tend to follow the conclusions of experts. In this case, the American Academy of Pediatrics. http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/3/585 …
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Those 'experts' who were roundly condemned by doctors from around the world for saying 'it's a parents choice'? Ignoring the rights of the child? Performing cosmetic, non medically-indicated surgery is ethically wrong.pic.twitter.com/2hJyHRTslq
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"After reviewing the scientific evidence for and against circumcision, the CPS does not recommend routine circumcision for newborn boys. Many paediatricians no longer perform circumcisions."
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Royal Australasian College of Physicians http://www.racp.edu.au/index.cfm?objectid=B5610716-9E3E-6C97-A8D87880FD002E3B … "After extensive review of literature, the Paediatrics & Child Health Division of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians has concluded that there is no medical reason for routine newborn male circumcision."
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The AAP actually does not say anything contrary to that. It is entirely an elective procedure and is not considered medically necessary. But, at the same time, preventative health benefits are recognized, risks are low & procedure is well tolerated.
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It's NOT being elected by the owner of the penis. It is totally unethical to perform any irreversible surgery on a healthy child without medical indication.
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Well, you see, the substitute decision maker (generally, the parent) can make decisions that are in the child’s best interests. In this case, the decision maker can elect to have the child circumcised or not.
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1/ Amputating a boy’s foreskin without a physical, clinical condition for which foreskin amputation is the most appropriate treatment violates the specific, longstanding policy of the AAP’s Committee on Bioethics...
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2/ “Only patients who have appropriate decisional capacity ... can give their informed consent to medical care. In all other situations, parents or other surrogates provide informed permission for DIAGNOSIS and TREATMENT ... with the assent of the child whenever appropriate.”
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3/ Amputation w/out any adverse physical condition clearly is neither “diagnosis” nor “treatment.” Nothing about the non-therapeutic amputation of a healthy child’s genitalia would permit such an amputation before the “assent of the child” can be sought and obtained. #i2
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