http://www.opposingviews.com/users/doctors-opposing-circumcision DOC is a non-profit membership corporation with an international set of members from six continents. DOC is a Washington corporation, which maintains its international headquarters in Seattle, Washington, USA, overlooking beautiful Puget Sound. We provide a voice for physicians who oppose the practice of child circumcision in accordance with our Mission Statement. http://www.opposingviews.com/counters/death-occurs-even-when-circumcision-is-carried-out-by-a-medical-doctor Morris claims that the rate of complications with circumcision is low and, for that reason, every infant should be circumcised. Morris’ claim is not supported by the factual evidence. Many studies of circumcision complications do not report... Doctors Opposing Circumcision Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:21:47 -0600 http://www.opposingviews.com/counters/death-occurs-even-when-circumcision-is-carried-out-by-a-medical-doctor http://www.opposingviews.com/counters/morris-claims-that-circumcision-prevents-phimosis Morris claims that circumcision prevents phimosis – a condition of having a foreskin that does not retract. Phimosis is easily treated without surgery by tissue expansion through manual stretching or by application of topical steroid... Doctors Opposing Circumcision Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:19:40 -0600 http://www.opposingviews.com/counters/morris-claims-that-circumcision-prevents-phimosis http://www.opposingviews.com/counters/the-long-term-physical-and-emotional-consequences-are-well-documented Morris argues that male neonatal non-therapeutic circumcision is simple and safe. This, of course, is an argument put forth by doctors who perform circumcision and who get paid for doing so. In reality, there are a myriad of well-documented... Doctors Opposing Circumcision Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:19:12 -0600 http://www.opposingviews.com/counters/the-long-term-physical-and-emotional-consequences-are-well-documented http://www.opposingviews.com/questions/should-boys-be-circumcised 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? Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:19:48 -0600 http://www.opposingviews.com/questions/should-boys-be-circumcised http://www.opposingviews.com/arguments/circ-of-boys-prevents-implementation-of-genital-integrity-policy No medical society recommends neonatal circumcision. By this action, they imply that non-circumcision or genital integrity is most likely to provide the highest state of health and well-being. Nevertheless, they have failed to state this explicitly... Doctors Opposing Circumcision Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:49:49 -0500 http://www.opposingviews.com/arguments/circ-of-boys-prevents-implementation-of-genital-integrity-policy http://www.opposingviews.com/arguments/doctors-should-not-perform-non-therapeutic-circumcision-of-children Under the ancient English common law that prevails in English-speaking nations, everyone, including infants and children, has a right to his or her bodily integrity. Similarly, under contemporary international human rights law, everyone, including... Doctors Opposing Circumcision Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:49:42 -0500 http://www.opposingviews.com/arguments/doctors-should-not-perform-non-therapeutic-circumcision-of-children http://www.opposingviews.com/arguments/the-risks-of-circumcision-are-severe-real-and-well-documented The principal risks of circumcision are hemorrhage, infection, and surgical accident leading to mutilation, such as penile amputation.  Death may occur from loss of blood or from systemic infection. As discussed in Argument 1, circumcision... Doctors Opposing Circumcision Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:49:19 -0500 http://www.opposingviews.com/arguments/the-risks-of-circumcision-are-severe-real-and-well-documented http://www.opposingviews.com/arguments/the-prophylactic-benefits-of-circumcision-are-slight-to-non-existent The circumcision of infant boys is an aberrant practice associated with the English language. The English-speaking nations are nearly exclusively the only practitioners of neonatal circumcision. Consequently, English-speaking doctors who have... Doctors Opposing Circumcision Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:49:07 -0500 http://www.opposingviews.com/arguments/the-prophylactic-benefits-of-circumcision-are-slight-to-non-existent http://www.opposingviews.com/arguments/circumcision-destroys-physiological-functions The foreskin is a specialized organ, with protective, sensory, mechanical, and sexual functions, which are destroyed by its amputation. The foreskin protects the meatus of infant boys from ammoniacal diapers and prevents meatitis, meatal... Doctors Opposing Circumcision Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:48:53 -0500 http://www.opposingviews.com/arguments/circumcision-destroys-physiological-functions http://www.opposingviews.com/arguments/circumcision-of-boys-alters-human-behavior There is abundant evidence that the non-therapeutic circumcision of children alters human behavior throughout life. Circumcised boys cry differently, have more trouble breastfeeding, a heightened alteration to pain at vaccination, and, after they... Doctors Opposing Circumcision Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:48:47 -0500 http://www.opposingviews.com/arguments/circumcision-of-boys-alters-human-behavior