Many parents have a difficult time finding accurate and complete information when faced with the circumcision decision. Our statewide organization is devoted to providing information about the medical facts, ethical considerations, and sexual implications of circumcision.
Quick Facts:
Circumcision is no longer recommended. All major medical organizations in the world now agree that newborn circumcision (the removal of the foreskin) is unnecessary. Medical science has learned that the foreskin is a healthy and natural part of male anatomy, and it performs important protective, sensory, and sexual functions.
- The American Medical Association and American Academy of Pediatrics do not recommend circumcision. The AMA classifies the procedure as non-therapeutic, and the AAP urges doctors not pressure parents into choosing circumcision.
- Baby boys experience intense pain during the circumcision procedure, and continue to feel pain for several days afterwards.
- Circumcision negatively affects baby boys, the men they become, and their female partners.
- The foreskin is an important part of male sexual anatomy, and it provides a great deal of pleasurable sexual sensation.
- The foreskin is important for women during intimacy because it acts as a natural lubricant through its unique gliding motion. Surveys of women show that the male's intact foreskin provides women improved sensation and comfort.
Click on the link below to view Intact America's response to the CDC statement on circumcision and HIV/AIDS:
Circumcising Babies Does NOT Prevent HIV
Click on the link below to view a video interview with Dr. Dean Edell on the medical and human rights issues involved in newborn circumcision:
AIDS Circumcision Fallacy
and click below for a medical statement on this subject:
Circumcision and HIV
Click here to view photos from the intactivist demonstrations in Washington DC on March 30, 2009.
News Flash: Circumcision removes the most sensitive parts of the penis, according to a study published in the British Journal of Urology. For more information,
click here: Touch Sensitivity Study
or here:
Blog entry on Penile Sensitivity Study
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