Parents fight over son’scircumcision
CHICAGO - Groups opposed to circumcision are watching the case of an 8 year old suburban Chicago boy whose divorced parents are fighting in court over whether he should have the procedure.
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The child’s mother wants him circumcised to prevent recurring, painful inflammation she says he’s experienced during the past year. But the father says the boy is healthy and circumcision is an unnecessary medical procedure that could cause him long term physical and psychological harm. „The child is absolutely healthy”, the father said during a break in a court hearing on the matter last Wednesday. „I do not want any doctor to butcher my son.”
In a March 1999 policy statement that was reaffirmed this year, the American Academy of Pediatrics said there are „potential medical benefits” to circumcision, including a reduction in risk of urinary tract infections. However, existing data „are not sufficient to recommend routine circumcision” of newborns, the statement says. (World)
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