Fun genital mutilation fact: The makers of the Mogen circumcision clamp got sued out of business for exactly the same reason: their product had the nasty habit of catching the victim's glans in the clamp and cutting part or all of it off along with the primary erogenous tissue of the penis (the foreskin). Unfortunately, the clamps are still around and still in use even though this is a known problem with them.

We know this insane genital mutilation cultural tradition does nothing but harm. We know that there are no "medical benefits" from amputating the healthy, normal foreskins of boys. We know that the "reasons" given for cutting male children's genitals are exactly the same as those given for cutting female children's genitals, yet female genital cutting is illegal in this country while male children's genitals are fair game. It is the quintessence of bigotry, hypocrisy, and unequal protection before the law.

Most medical professionals know that there is no medical reason for amputating boys' foreskins and that it is a violation of medical ethics and the boys' human right to whole and normal genitals. Yet they keep doing it and participating in it. Why? What's wrong with these people? What's wrong with a society that tolerates this evil and turns a blind eye to this completely avoidable degradation of quality of life?

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US judge awards payout for botched circumcision
(AFP) – 6 hours ago
LOS ANGELES — A US judge on Monday approved a $4.6 million compensation payment for a boy who had the end of his penis removed in a botched circumcision shortly after birth.
The boy, who is now eight, underwent the operation when he was week-old baby in January 2003 at the Maternity Center of Vermont in Los Angeles, and still needs counseling to deal with the trauma, court papers said.
Surgeon Anthony Pickett used a clamp for the routine operation to remove the boy's foreskin, but mistakenly cut off the top of the penis due to the faulty design of a clamp used during the procedure.
"Because of the defective design of the circumcision clamp, there was no protection for the head of the penis and Dr. Pickett was unable to visualize the (head) when excising the foreskin," said the plaintiff's court papers.
"For this reason, an amputation to the (head) of plaintiff's penis occurred," added the lawsuit, brought against the clamp's manufacturer Miltex Inc. and its parent company, Integra Life Sciences Holding Corp.
The boy, who now lives with his family in Texas, will need annual visits to a pediatric urologist and will continue to obtain psychiatric care "to deal with the trauma of this incident and resultant surgeries," his lawyer said.
"In addition, future surgery may be required as he grows older," he added.
Of the $4.6 million payout approved by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Rex Heeseman, $3.07 million will be paid to the boy's family, after lawyers' fees and costs are deducted.
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