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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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.1 reply 0 retweets 5 likesShow this thread -
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.1 reply 0 retweets 4 likesShow this thread -
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…1 reply 0 retweets 5 likesShow this thread -
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#ACOG2 replies 1 retweet 7 likesShow this thread -
Replying to @cooney21 @AmerAcadPeds
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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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."
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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.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
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