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Circumcision - One Baby's Experience

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March 18, 2019

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Title	Circumcision - One Baby's Experience
Author	akfoeagkopemg
Upvotes	29
Comments	13
Date	March 18, 2019 3:48 AM UTC (7 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/b2dz5k/circumcision_one_babys_experience/
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[–]lastlaugh100 13 points14 points15 points 7 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

[+]choard18 -8 points-7 points-6 points 7 years ago (11 children) | Copy Link

[–]Not_My_Real_Name_DUH 18 points19 points20 points 7 years ago (10 children) | Copy Link

[+]choard18 -20 points-19 points-18 points 7 years ago (9 children) | Copy Link

[–]Muesli_nom 15 points16 points17 points 7 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

[–]Gogos1074 12 points13 points14 points 7 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

[–]intactisnormal 7 points8 points9 points 7 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

No but it is my kid right?

The concept you are looking for is medical necessity. If surgery is medically necessary then you act. But if it's not medically necessary then the decision goes to the patient, later in life if necessary.

The Canadian Paediatrics Society puts it well:

Neonatal circumcision is a contentious issue in Canada. The procedure often raises ethical and legal considerations, in part because it has lifelong consequences and is performed on a child who cannot give consent. Infants need a substitute decision maker – usually their parents – to act in their best interests. Yet the authority of substitute decision makers is not absolute. In most jurisdictions, authority is limited only to interventions deemed to be medically necessary. In cases in which medical necessity is not established or a proposed treatment is based on personal preference, interventions should be deferred until the individual concerned is able to make their own choices. With newborn circumcision, medical necessity has not been clearly established.

http://www.cps.ca/documents/position/circumcision

I suggest reading that paper, it has all the stats on the talking points. And the stats are terrible. Circumcision is not medically necessary.

[–]HellrockBones 12 points13 points14 points 7 years ago (5 children) | Copy Link

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