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Why is circumcision not practiced in Poland? [701]
Rebirth, I can see you were more serious than this first appeared. I find many back and forths that some become involved in on here dull so I won't go too deeply into this. Much such as Uganda Hiv transfer/Surgical procs on elderly are still hygene issues, and is a choice for a sexually active man to consider depending on his sexual activity, certainly not for routine procedures on babies in the name of modernity.
I was aware of the Cancer issue and this equates with heredetary breast cancer where mastectomies are performed before any sign of Cancer. Much worse emotionally for the women involved I'd assume. However, this is now thought to be incorrect see
bmj.com/content/335/7631/1180.full
"Far from being a harmless traditional practice, circumcision damages young boys" is current medical thinking (Sorrells ML, Snyder JL, Reiss MD, Eden C, Milos MF, Wilcox N, et a)
The American Academy of Pediatrics acknowledges that there are some health benefits to circumcision, but
they are not enough to justify the risks associated with the procedure, so they no longer recommend it for babies.
Under the UN conventions it is also considered to be against the welfare of the child except where both guardians consent for cultural concerns, that is, religion (A dated concept to me, but lets not go there).
