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Advocacy Group Wants People To Stop Circumcision by torino88(m): 7:42pm On Aug 20, 2018
An advocacy group is protesting male circumcision on the streets of New York City in the hopes that the common procedure will no longer be carried out on infants.
Intaction - a play on the words intact and action - aims to convince American men, women, and doctors that neonatal circumcision is a violation of human rights.

The non-profit organisation was first started in 2010 and their mission statement, according to the Inaction
website , is “that every individual has the inalienable right to an intact body. Only an adult of majority age, with fully informed consent, can agree to needless and permanent body modification.”
Circumcision, or the removing of the foreskin from the penis, is one of the most common surgeries in America, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), which estimates the rate is somewhere between 76 and 92 per cent of men.

In America, there are various explanations cited in favour for the procedure, including health and hygiene reasons and as part of cultural and religious traditions.
According to the Centre for Disease Control (CDC ), circumcised males are less likely to contract HIV, herpes, and human papillomavirus (HPV) from sex. Circumcision has also been linked to lower risks of certain cancers.

However, Intaction views the “abhorrent” practice as comparable to female genital mutilation (FGM), which is illegal in the United States and exists for the sole purpose of controlling female sexuality.https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/new-york-city-circumcision-america-protest-infant-sons-foreskin

Re: Advocacy Group Wants People To Stop Circumcision by thesicilian: 7:53pm On Aug 20, 2018
I doubt they know the health benefits of male circumcision.

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