Glia
05-20-2011, 03:19 PM
Posted 25 February 2010
"In the weeks ahead, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) are likely to publish a recommendation that all infant boys undergo circumcision (https://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5922/t/6483/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=2543). This is a huge mistake. Circumcision is an unnecessary procedure that is painful and can lead to complications, including death. No organization in the world currently recommends this. Why should we routinely remove normal, functioning tissue from the genitals of little boys within days of their birth?
The vast majority of the world's men, including most Europeans and Scandinavians, are uncircumcised. And before 1900, circumcision was virtually nonexistent in the United States as well--except for Jewish and Muslim people, who've been performing circumcisions for thousands of years for religious reasons. Believe it or not, circumcision was introduced in English-speaking countries in the late 1800s to control or prevent masturbation, similar to the way that female circumcision--the removal of the clitoris and labia--was promoted and continues to be advocated in some Muslim and African countries to control women's sexuality. [1]"
Read the entire article on The Huffington Post:
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/christiane-northrup/we-need-to-stop-circumcis_b_470689.html
IntactAmerica has a petition to the American Academy of Pediatrics regarding the recommendation that Dr. Northrup is referring to in the article. You can send a message in opposition to recommending routine "preventative" circumcision on the IntactAmerica web site at
https://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5922/t/6483/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=2543
Every voice really does help. There is a lot of money to be made doing circumcisions in this for-profit medical industry that we are stuck with, and lots of people -- including doctors -- with a vested interest in keeping the circumcision racket going and the amputated foreskins flying.
"In the weeks ahead, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) are likely to publish a recommendation that all infant boys undergo circumcision (https://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5922/t/6483/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=2543). This is a huge mistake. Circumcision is an unnecessary procedure that is painful and can lead to complications, including death. No organization in the world currently recommends this. Why should we routinely remove normal, functioning tissue from the genitals of little boys within days of their birth?
The vast majority of the world's men, including most Europeans and Scandinavians, are uncircumcised. And before 1900, circumcision was virtually nonexistent in the United States as well--except for Jewish and Muslim people, who've been performing circumcisions for thousands of years for religious reasons. Believe it or not, circumcision was introduced in English-speaking countries in the late 1800s to control or prevent masturbation, similar to the way that female circumcision--the removal of the clitoris and labia--was promoted and continues to be advocated in some Muslim and African countries to control women's sexuality. [1]"
Read the entire article on The Huffington Post:
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/christiane-northrup/we-need-to-stop-circumcis_b_470689.html
IntactAmerica has a petition to the American Academy of Pediatrics regarding the recommendation that Dr. Northrup is referring to in the article. You can send a message in opposition to recommending routine "preventative" circumcision on the IntactAmerica web site at
https://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5922/t/6483/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=2543
Every voice really does help. There is a lot of money to be made doing circumcisions in this for-profit medical industry that we are stuck with, and lots of people -- including doctors -- with a vested interest in keeping the circumcision racket going and the amputated foreskins flying.