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    1. Bill Cooney‏ @cooney21 17 May 2018
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      1/15 #i2 Due to its many flaws, & as Dr Wolfram Hartmann has noted, #AAP’s 2012 Circumcision Policy - the work of Dr Andrew Freedman (among others) - has been found “by almost all other pediatric societies and associations worldwide as being scientifically untenable.”

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      2/15 #i2 Why? An unprecedented rebuke from 38 leading pediatricians & other physicians from 17 different countries found the conclusions of Dr Freedman & the rest of the #AAP Task Force to be “strongly culturally biased.” #i2 #AndrewFreedmanBias http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2013/03/12/peds.2012-2896 …

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    3. Bill Cooney‏ @cooney21 17 May 2018
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      3/15 #i2 Undeterred by his total blindness to his own #bias & the many serious deficiencies in the 2012 #AAP Circumcision Policy Statement, Dr Freedman (w/2 others) will present this weekend in #sanfrancisco…wait for it…

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    4. Bill Cooney‏ @cooney21 17 May 2018
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      4/15 #i2 “Newborn circumcision on the web: An assessment of information quality and bias on the internet and social media.” #i2 #AndrewFreedmanBiaspic.twitter.com/x50qbHJw6l

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    5. Bill Cooney‏ @cooney21 17 May 2018
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      5/15 #i2 According to the abstract: “Each source was classified as either medical-based information or opinion/advocacy.” The implication that the 2 are mutually exclusive is false. Were it true, then #AAP #tweetiatricians could not be advocates for their patients.

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    6. Bill Cooney‏ @cooney21 17 May 2018
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      6/15 #i2 The fact is, the more an objective person reviews the medical facts relating to non therapeutic neonatal #circumcision - w/out #bias - the more that person is appalled by the practice & motivated to end it.

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    7. Bill Cooney‏ @cooney21 17 May 2018
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      7/15 #i2 Dr Freedman himself struggles w/cognitive dissonance & moral confusion in his own head, boasting to leading intactivist @GeorganneChapin that he’s probably “saved” more children from being circumcised than she has. Now THAT’S advocacy.

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    8. Bill Cooney‏ @cooney21 17 May 2018
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      8/15 #i2 Such “saving” implies Dr Freedman must agree there are, at the very least, valid reasons why a male would NOT want to be circumcised - which in turn necessarily implies that there are valid reasons for a male to resent having a circumcision forced on him.

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      Bill Cooney‏ @cooney21 17 May 2018
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      9/15 #i2 When US doctors like Dr Freedman get on #twitter to engage in circumcision discussions, it’s not uncommon for them to reveal their ignorance, saying things like:

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        2. Bill Cooney‏ @cooney21 17 May 2018
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          10/15 “OB/GYNs don’t circumcise” (@markwwilsonmd), “boys aren’t circumcised w/out consent” (@janem1276). And my personal favorite: equating the foreskin w/a skin tag (@Dr_DoNoHarm) (winner of the award for most hypocritical twitter handle) #i2

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        3. Bill Cooney‏ @cooney21 17 May 2018
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          11/15 #i2 For all his sneering at “advocacy,” it’s Dr Freedman, not intactivists, who has “scientifically untenable” views & avoids objective discussion of the anatomical facts relating to the foreskin & the (un)ethical nature of its amputation from a healthy child’s body.

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        4. Bill Cooney‏ @cooney21 17 May 2018
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          12/15 #i2 It’s Dr Freedman who’s deathly afraid of having an open, fair & thorough debate of the medical & ethical arguments relating to non therapeutic neonatal circumcision b/c he knows full well it’s a debate he would badly lose.

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        5. Bill Cooney‏ @cooney21 17 May 2018
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          13/15 #i2 Indeed, by presenting to the Societies of Pediatric Urology - no doubt including many US & Canadian non therapeutic genital cutters - Dr Freedman only further illustrates his own deeply-held affinity #bias

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        6. Bill Cooney‏ @cooney21 17 May 2018
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          14/15 #i2 Can’t wait to see if the presentation (or a video of it) is publicly posted so unbiased physicians & bioethicists can review & comment on it. I know it sounds naive, but my challenge to Dr Freedman is to not just imagine, but actively bring about a day…

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        7. Bill Cooney‏ @cooney21 17 May 2018
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          15/15 When all doctors follow the cardinal principles of medical #ethics & boys, just like girls, can be welcomed peacefully to a world in which their natural bodies are accorded the respect they deserve. #i2 @AmerAcadPeds #tweetiatrician #putkids1st #ACOG

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