
Finnish Medical Association says male circumcision conflicts with medical ethics
From Marc A.:
The Finnish Medical Association said "child circumcisions are in conflict with medical ethics" and the Green League just voted to phase it out "either through advice or, if necessary, through legislation." Thank you Fins! Nice to see progress. :-) http://www.hs.fi/english/article/NEWS+ANALYSIS+Finland+lacks+policy+on+religiously-mandated+male+circumcision/1329104229469
They're certainly not alone. The Swedish Paediatric Society has called infant male circumcision an "assault on boys." http://m.thelocal.se/39200/20120219/
A recent report by the Dutch Medical Association, representing 46,000 physicians and medical students and backed by seven other medical associations, explains that the male foreskin is an important erotogenic structure for which no medical benefit justifies its routine removal, that it is comparable to certain forms of FGM, and that it violates children's rights to bodily integrity. http://www.norm-uk.org/news.html?action=showitem&item=1306
A recent study in Denmark found circumcised men have a much higher rate of sexual problems. http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2011/06/13/ije.dyr104.short?rss=1 Research also find circumcised men are five times more likely to suffer from premature ejaculation. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21492404
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