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Parents face so many difficult decisions when it comes to having a child: decisions about nursing, sleep patterns, discipline, teaching methods and, in the case of boys, whether or not to circumcise. In addition to being the most common surgery for males in the U.S., circumcision has been practiced in various cultures for centuries. Yet when it comes to the health and best interest of your newborn, is circumcision the way to go?
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Prevention of Genital Cancer
Schoen's claims are debunked
Dr. Schoen is repeating decades-old claims which have never been proven and are disputed by the American Cancer Society: http://www.cirp.org/library/statements/letters/1996-02_ACS/commentary.html
The ACS says:
"The consensus among studies that have taken these other [socio-ethnic] factors into account is circumcision is not of value in preventing cancer of the penis."
The cervical cancer myths are debunked here: http://www.circinfo.org/cervical.html
- GenitalIntegrityPolicy August 7, 2008 8:42PM
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