Presentation by Leeanne Morris on the psychological harms caused by non-therapeutic circumcision. Recorded at the 15 Square AGM 2023
Circumcision complications
Freedom of Information request by the National Secular Society reveals that “Boys face serious complications from circumcision, complaints show”
Read the full story on the NSS web site.
NSS campaigns officer Dr Alejandro Sanchez said: “These complaints lay bare the dangers of medically unnecessary circumcision in babies and children. It is a myth that circumcision is simple and safe.
Circumcision a secular perspective
In this video Dr Alejandro Sanchez details the National Secular Society’s current approach to challenging the practice of non-therapeutic circumcision.
BMA 2022
They may be big but we are still complaining. Circumcision without consent is an assault. One comment we recieved was…
“You don’t give up do you”
A woman came over and said she had circumcised her son because she was married to a Ghanain and she would not do it now. A passer by hissed…
“Circumcised and proud”
As always we are there to point out that it is the lack of choice and the irreversible losses associated with circumcision that we are against. All we want is the same medical ethics that would be applied to any other non-therapeutic procedure. If it can wait then it should wait.
Unnecessary NHS circumcisions
At MDC we have been highlighting the waste and suffering caused by non-therapeutic circumcisions ever since we were founded. Good to see this article in the Mail on Sunday (27/02/2022) reporting the growing concern in the medical community at the number of unnecessary circumcisions that are performed.
Teaching proper care of the intact penis, cleaning it using water from the base to the tip, minimising the use of soap (no complex bubble baths etc.) and only the boy himself should ever attempt to retract his foreskin. Those three simple measures could save a lot of problems.
Our figure of £6 million on the placard in the picture is from before 2012 when this protest was staged out side the British Medical Association’s meeting in Bournemouth. Thanks to the doctors involved and thanks to The Mail for drawing attention to the waste of resources and the harm caused by unnecessary circumcisions.
Excellent sites for intact penis care Your Whole Baby and 15Square .