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Childhood genital mutilation is an abhorrent violation of an individual’s sexual boundaries. Every child has an inalienable right to genital autonomy regardless of whether they have a penis, vulva, or are intersex. For the sake of future generations and survivors whose voices have been silenced, we must demand that society respect this inherent, irrevocable right.
Lyra supported: END NICU CIRCUMCISIONS NOW!As a male U.S. citizen who was spared from being circumcised at birth, I can personally attest that routine male child circumcision is completely unnecessary and isn't required to lead a happy and healthy life. I'm grateful to my mother for insisting that I not be cut and for both my parents for letting me grow up with my whole penis. Amputating perfectly healthy penile tissue from children only continues because it's a billable procedure and most parents still think it's necessary and customary. Let's stop this madness once and for all! Educate yourselves on why circumcision isn't necessary at intactamerica.org
Ian supported: END NICU CIRCUMCISIONS NOW!#NoDecisionAboutMeWithoutMe
The right to make our own choices about our own bodies is central to the whole causes arguments over circumcision.
This decision is irreversible, and the damage can be as in this case so severe, so the decision should always lie with person.
How many have to die?
How many more harmed?
Lou supported: END NICU CIRCUMCISIONS NOW!When we talk about female circumcision we talk about the individual and human rights. When we talk about male circumcision we talk about parental rights and religious freedom. This is a barbaric ritual with a thin veneer applied to pretend that in any way shape or form this medically makes sense to cut up a child's genitals. We ignore the obvious damage and trauma with having such a bodily violation forced on someone.
Steven supported: END NICU CIRCUMCISIONS NOW!When we talk about female circumcision we talk about the individual and human rights
when we talk about male circumcision we talk about parental rights and religious freedom
this is a barbaric ritual with a thin veneer applied to pretend that in any way shape or form this medically makes sense to cut up a child's genitals. We ignore the obvious damage and trauma with having such a bodily violation forced on someone.
Steven supported: END NICU CIRCUMCISIONS NOW!Routine infant circumcision is a procedure which is not medically necessary, yet is performed on over a million infant boys every year in the United States. It is a procedure which has questionable medical benefits and has been shown to cause harm to males. It is not recommended by any medical society to be performed routinely. Many medical societies around the world even call for this practice to be stopped until the person is able to make a decision for themselves. Neonatal circumcision infringes on the rights of autonomy of the person.
It is a preventative procedure, yet there are several other methods to prevent disease which are not invasive (i.e., vaccines, Safe sex practices, Condoms, screenings, etc). The medical history of circumsion has malicious roots dating back to the 1800s. There have been hundreds of documented studies throughout the past 200 years claiming it cures illnesses (epilepsy, mental disease, paralysis, blindness, tuberculosis, etc.) which have almost all been proven to be false. One of the original reasonss why the procedure was performed was to prevent boys from masturbating, which was thought to be a sin, immoral, wrong, or even the cause of several diseases (disproven). These same physicians and researchers making these fraudulent claims even promoted female circumcision (now known as female genital mutilation) for similar reasons. The practice of female genital cutting is now banned around the world and is a human rights violation. The same provision should be provided to protect males from circumcision as a child.
In regard to religious reasons for circumcision; the right of the parent's religious freedom should end when there is direct harm to the health and safety of a child, where there is an irreversable change to the child's body, or the child's right to physical integrity is infinged upon (in the case of circumcision).
Circumcision causes real harm to men; it removes approximately 15 square inches of specialized sexual tissue from the penis (30-50% of the entire skin of the shaft), decreases sensation and sexual pleasure. It can be related to premature ejactulation, erectile dysfunction, and even anorgasmia. The loss of the foreskin and finding out one has been circumcised can cause mental distress in men, causing low self esteem, anxiety, depression, and in severe cases even suicide.
Up to 55% of physicians surveyed did not use anesthetic during circumcision. It is well known that physical trauma in children, such as circumcision, can cause physical and mental distress, which can impact them throughout their lifetime. Typically, the earlier the trauma occurs has a greater impact on the person, even as early as a neonate.
I would implore the medical societies and government branches in the united states to examine circumcision from all aspects, as I have listed, not just from a preventative health aspect. Risks from the procedure should also be examined more thoroughly as I suspect they are under documented and reported. Circumcision at a non-consenting age for reasons which are not medically necessary is a violation of ethical, social, and human rights that has gone on for far too long.
- Dakota Eble, DO
Dakota supported: END NICU CIRCUMCISIONS NOW!Dear reader,
I write as an OB/GYN who does NOT perform this procedure.
In a prior clinical setting where I practiced, frequently mothers would have many or most of teeth missing due to a number of reasons to include chronic lack of dental care.
At that time, I wrote to senior hospital administrator in that organization stating the case that funds for newborn male circumcision should stopped.
Those savings then should be redirected towards maternal oral care.
This was met with the usual, "thank you very much for your letter...."
The moral bankruptcy of the healthcare establishment prevents the organizations from stating that newborn male circumcision should be abandoned and those funds should be used to improve maternal and newborn healthcare.
In an era of funding scarcity, mature and reasonable voices would abandon this procedure and redirect those funds towards areas of maternal and newborn benefit.
Hopefully we will be able to see that day soon and maternal and newborn healthcare improve.
Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
James Verrees, M.D.
James supported: END NICU CIRCUMCISIONS NOW!Circumcision offers no medical benefit to critically ill newborns and poses unnecessary risks, including infection, pain, and complications. NICU patients need healing—not elective surgery. END circumcision in the NICU NOW!!
Justin supported: END NICU CIRCUMCISIONS NOW!Circumcision is an unnecessary and permanent procedure done without the express consent of the person whose life will be forever affected. There is no sound medical evidence that supports it, and the studies often quoted in literature were conducted under conditions that skewed the results in a multitude of ways which render them dubious at best. This procedure has had profoundly negative consequences for a great many individuals, including myself. This irreversible alteration on children’s bodies violates their bodily autonomy and freedoms to make choices for themselves, as well as putting them at risk for greater complications later in life that are rarely if ever brought up during consultations with parents, thus violating informed consent requirements. Studies have shown that the most erogenous and sensitive tissue of the penis is removed during this procedure, equivocating it to a form of genital mutilation that decreases overall sexual pleasure and changes a fundamental feature from the mechanics of the penis which has evolved to reduce friction and provides multiple methods of protection to the urethra and glans. The true number of deaths and complications as a result of circumcision is greatly underreported, and often swept under the rug to protect profits of hospitals and medical staff over the well-being of patients. This barbaric disfiguring ancient practice needs to end.
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