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Researching Circumcision, Part 3
Circumcision does not prevent HIV/AIDS: “Transmission of HIV infection is caused by risky behaviors, such as multiple sex partners, failure to use condoms, and contaminated instruments or needles.” Read More…
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Researching Circumcision, Part 2
Circumcision removes up to 80% of the penis’s skin. “Careful anatomical investigations have shown that circumcision cuts off more than 3 feet of veins, arteries, and capillaries, 240 feet of nerves, and more than 20,000 nerve endings. The foreskin’s muscles, glands, mucous membrane, and epithelial tissue are destroyed, as well.” Read More…
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Researching Circumcision, Part 1
Even though infant circumcision is still referred to as a “routine” aspect of newborn care, as many as 46% of expectant parents are not given any information on the procedure by their doctors. What’s worse? Over 82% “of parents in the first six months of their baby boy’s life regretted the decision they made about circumcision.” 1 This article is … Read More…
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