THE MEDICAL BASIS FOR CHILD CIRCUMCISION.

THE MEDICAL BASIS FOR CHILD CIRCUMCISION.

 

 

Are there health benefits which should convince you to circumcise your child?

 

Just ask the public health authorities.

 

None of them recommends routine child circumcision.

 

(For comparison, consider that public health institutions strongly advocate the routine vaccination of children.)

 

Many years ago, when it was thought important to prevent masturbation, American health authorities began to advocate child circumcision.

 

There is no longer any national or international public health authority in the western world which advocates the routine circumcision of children, either male or female.

 

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is the highest child health authority in the United States.

 

On 1st March, 1999, the AAP released its long-awaited recommendations on circumcision.

 

The AAP News Release Video stated, "The AAP does not recommend the policy of routine newborn circumcision..."

 

 

 

 

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