circumcision is
Unkind
It causes severe pain.
Circumcision causes “severe, persistent pain.”
Babies respond to pain at least as strongly as adults do.
Local anesthetic has only limited, temporary effectiveness and is often not even used.
In addition, the experience of being strapped down, prodded, ripped, crushed, cut, ripped, and cut again hurts mother-infant bonding.
And for some, painful complications like meatal stenosis, skin bridges and tags, tight skin, and more
10 Full Disclosure: Circumcision Information for Health Professionals and Parents.”
continue throughout life.
Traumatic experiences affect the brain permanently, whether they are “remembered” or not. Dozens of studies show the psychological harm of circumcision on children,
such as permanent reduction in pain tolerance and symptoms of PTSD. Besides, would “he won’t remember it” be a valid ethical excuse for any other kind of assault or harm done to an infant?
Circumcision causes “severe, persistent pain.”
Babies respond to pain at least as strongly
as adults do.
Local anesthetic has only limited, temporary effectiveness and is often not even used.
In addition, the experience of being strapped down, prodded, ripped, crushed, cut, ripped, and cut again hurts mother-infant bonding.
And for some, painful complications like meatal stenosis, skin bridges and tags, tight
skin, and more
10 Full Disclosure: Circumcision Information for Health Professionals and Parents.”
continue throughout life.
Traumatic experiences affect the brain permanently, whether they are “remembered” or not. Dozens of studies show the psychological harm of circumcision on children,
such as permanent reduction in pain tolerance and symptoms of PTSD. Besides, would “he won’t remember it” be a valid ethical excuse for any other kind of assault or harm done to an infant? He likely won’t “thank you later"
He certainly won’t feel grateful now.
After screaming in unbearable pain, infants often go into shock during the final stages of a circumcision – seeming asleep as they detach from reality. Many hemorrhage, and each year some boys die from circumcision.
Down the road, many American men become upset about what was done to them.
“Matching dad” is unimportant. What other permanent surgery would we perform on our children to make them “match”? The “locker room” argument is also irrelevant, since at current rates, many of his peers are also intact. With information spreading and circumcision rates dropping,
36 This is well known.
he’ll most likely thank you if you leave him as God in His wisdom designed him.
He certainly won’t feel grateful now.
After screaming in unbearable pain, infants often go into shock during the final stages of a circumcision – seeming asleep as they detach from reality. Many hemorrhage, and each year some boys die from circumcision.
Down the road, many American men become upset about what was
done to them.
“Matching dad” is unimportant. What other permanent surgery would we perform on our children to make them “match”? The “locker room” argument is also irrelevant, since at current rates, many of his peers are also intact. With information spreading and circumcision rates dropping,
36 This is well known.
he’ll most likely thank you if you leave him as God in His wisdom designed him.