University of Oxford, 21 Apr 2015 The brains of babies ‘light up’ in a very similar way to adults when exposed to the same painful stimulus, a pioneering Oxford University brain scanning study has discovered. It suggests that babies experience … Read More
4.64/5 (14) Do the benefits of male circumcision outweigh the risks? The U.S. Centers for Disease Control — echoing the 2012 policy statement of the American Academy of Pediatrics — have recently suggested that they do. What many Americans … Read More
Week-long Washington, D.C. Event Protests Circumcision Jordan Gass-Pooré infoZine, Mar. 31, 2015 Also available on the infoZine website Passersby eyed an anatomically correct male doll fastened to a plastic contraption Thursday on the West Lawn of the Capitol. Christina Love, … Read More
AAby Jessica Wapner Mosiac, Feb. 24, 2015 Also available on the Mosaic website © Gemma Tickle at East Photographic On a recent Saturday morning, Craig Adams stood outside the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey. It was … Read More
Young Americans less supportive of circumcision at birth Peter Moore YouGov, Feb. 3, 2015 Also available on the YouGov website Few circumcised men wish that they hadn’t been circumcised, but younger Americans aren’t convinced that the procedure should be routine … Read More
5/5 (1) by Patrick O’Connor, Psy.D. Psychology Today, Jan. 11, 2015 As psychologists, we are deeply concerned by the recently announced CDC guidelines promoting circumcision for all males, and in particular children. The CDC guidelines are based on a sharply … Read More
4/5 (1) Protect (All) Your Boys from Early Trauma Beware the move afoot to encourage harm of your boys Post published by Darcia Narvaez Ph.D. on Jan 06, 2015 It sounds like a conspiracy. The government is about to officially sanction intentional harming of … Read More
Also available at : http://somethingsarehard2say.blogspot.com/2013/11/rachels-story-of-her-sons-circumcision.html Thank you to my friend Rachel, for being willing to share her story and the story of her sweet little boy. Circumcision complications are NOT rare. They happen all the time. There are no medical benefits … Read More
On the impermissibility of infant male circumcision: A response to Mazor (2013) Ungar-Sargon, E. Journal of Medical Ethics, Vol. 41, No. 2 (Sep., 2013), pp. 186-90 Available on the Journal of Medical Ethics website (Restricted access) Find on JME Abstract: … Read More
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: A statistical overview and exploration of the dynamics of change UNICEF, July 2013 Also available on the UNICEF website. Full Text (PDF): FGM_A statistical overview and exploration of the dynamics of change Summary: “A new report … Read More