A family says their newborn son nearly bled to death and is fighting for his life after he was circumcised at a New York City hospital.
Tim and Gabrielle Groth said their son, Cole, underwent the circumcision at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital in Manhattan, where he was born on March 31.
Unless you’re some religious nut job, there is zero benefit and a lot of harm you can do by circumcising. So stop doing it.
EDIT: I was wrong, there is some medical reasons for the procedure later in life to address problems.
This is a general statement, and not factual. To say there is zero benefit (across the board): wrong. There are benefits, medically, for specific people with issues that warrant it. I had a later-in-life circumcision for medical problems, so I know. To say it is something you should do to a newborn: very wrong. This is something that has a fucked up history, and should only be done when needed (or wanted, I suppose) later in a person’s life… of their own choosing.
This has to be qualified more strongly. Most of the medical benefits of circumcision are apparent only after puberty. There is no medical reason to circumsize a baby.
I agree.
I’m sorry, I hadn’t considered that it might be done later to correct a problem. I honestly hope you weren’t offended.
No worries! I took no offense worth you not speaking your own mind… I just wanted to give my own thoughts on the matter.
These exchanges are why I love Lemmy.
Oh, fuck off, nerd.
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