1. Circumcision Is Unethical and Unlawful.
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Svoboda, J. Steven, Adler, Peter W., and Van Howe, Robert S.
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CIRCUMCISION , *CIRCUMCISION laws , *CHILDREN'S rights , *PARENTING , *FORESKIN , *PAIN , *ETHICS , *ANATOMY - Abstract
The article discusses the ethical and legal aspects, and the children's rights issues, concerning non-therapeutic male circumcision, within the context of the debate between the association Attorneys for the Rights of the Child (ARC), the U.S. Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) and American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) over the issue. The authors contend that the pain caused by circumcision makes it unethical, including the pain caused to the penis foreskin. The role that parents play in their sons' circumcisions is discussed.
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- 2016
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