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    1. 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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    2. 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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    3. 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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    4. 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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    5. 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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    6. 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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    7. 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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    8. 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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    9. Frank McGinness‏ @KOTFrank 22 May 2018
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      Wasn’t it Dr Freedman who recanted through explaination of the AAP circ conclusion more benefits than risks but. only when in the context of a religious household.

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      Bill Cooney‏ @cooney21 22 May 2018
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      Replying to @Gregory_Malchuk @KOTFrank @AmerAcadPeds

      He didn't recant, but his 2016 Pediatrics-published essay is very telling, e.g., "Protecting this option [nontherapeutic infant circumcision] was not an idle concern at a time when there are serious efforts in both the United States and Europe to ban the procedure outright." #i2

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        2. Bill Cooney‏ @cooney21 22 May 2018
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          Replying to @cooney21 @Gregory_Malchuk and

          As @briandavidearp has suggested, this is a concession that the work of Dr Freedman & the rest of the 2012 #AAP Circumcision Task Force was far from a dispassionate search for the truth. Its true aim was "[p]rotecting this option" to circumcise. #i2

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        3. Bill Cooney‏ @cooney21 22 May 2018
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          Replying to @cooney21 @Gregory_Malchuk and

          It was not a coincidence that no one who considers non therapeutic child circumcision to be ethically problematic was a member of the #AAP Task Force. The Task Force wasn’t about to let dissenters, medical facts, or #bioethics get in the way of their pre-ordained conclusion. #i2

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        2. Ian Wilkinson‏ @Mindofown 22 May 2018
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          Replying to @cooney21 @Gregory_Malchuk and

          #i2 The 2012 AAP policy on circumcision was never about medicine, it was always about protecting culture, which is why it was roundly criticized in a medical journal for its cultural bias. This needs to be widely pubicized.

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        3. Bill Cooney‏ @cooney21 22 May 2018
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          Replying to @Mindofown @Gregory_Malchuk and

          Great minds think alike.

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