Serious question American friends: why do so many of you think that male #circumcision is acceptable?
Physically & permanently maiming a helpless, unconsenting child for no good reason? Isn't that infringement of human autonomy & freedom?
Isn't it the definition of child abuse?
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Replying to @MaiaRoseWatts
Why do most American parents circumcise their sons? Because medical experts, like the American Academy of Pediatrics & the CDC, say the benefits of newborn circumcision outweigh whatever harm intactivists assert. That changes when docs say it causes more harm than help!
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Replying to @CleanCutForever
Cultural bias. And lucrative for the medical profession. No other developed countries think it is beneficial... why only believe US docs who have a financial stake in the matter? Would you condone removing every child's tonsils to avoid tonsillitis?
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Replying to @MaiaRoseWatts
I cannot explain why docs in some other countries feel differently. But are we parents supposed to reject American medicine because some foreign docs have a cultural bias of their own? Your argument is not with American parents it seems, but with American doctors.
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Replying to @CleanCutForever @MaiaRoseWatts
Not "some other countries", but every single other country. You're also failing to mention that the AAP explicitly says that they do NOT recommend circumcision. Note also that the US has much higher rates of HIV and other STDs than the other countries whose doctors you ignore.
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Replying to @star_edd @MaiaRoseWatts
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@AmerAcadPeds says benefits of circumcision outweigh the harm. They don't say, don't do it! Just the opposite. When they say the benefits are not worth the risks, then I suspect newborn circumcision will drop in USA. Don't blame parents for doing what American docs recommend.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
It's wrong to say @AmerAcadPeds "recommends" non therapeutic infant circumcision & they'd be the first to tell you that. Moreover, AAP also found “the true incidence of complications after newborn circumcision is unknown.” So AAP had no basis to say the "benefits" outweigh risks.
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