Category Archives: Circumcision
Keeping babies intact
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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.” 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 … MORE