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SuperFrog
It has been discussed many times before, but new stance of nation’s most influential pediatricians group is that circumcisions outweighs any risks and insurance companies should pay for it.
The nation’s most influential pediatricians group says the health benefits of circumcision in newborn boys outweigh any risks and insurance companies should pay for it.
In its latest policy statement on circumcision, a procedure that has been declining nationwide, the American Academy of Pediatrics moves closer to an endorsement but says the decision should be up to parents.
‘‘It’s not a verdict from on high,’’ said policy co-author Dr. Andrew Freedman. ‘‘There’s not a one-size-fits-all-answer.’’ But from a medical standpoint, circumcision’s benefits in reducing risk of disease outweigh its small risks, said Freedman, a pediatric urologist in Los Angeles.
Recent research bolstering evidence that circumcision reduces chances of infection with HIV and other sexually spread diseases, urinary tract infections and penis cancer influenced the academy to update their 13-year-old policy.
As always, there is large anti-movement mostly based on religious and moral beliefs, but without any question, parents willing to have their kids circumcised, should have been given option to do so.
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more risk for HIV? .. wtf, who comes up with this nonsense, im not circumcised and my friend was, and last i recall he caught quite a few things with his promiscuous ways while I’ve been clean my whole life.... you don’t just up and get an std, if two people one cut and one not, sticks their genital inside someone that’s infected, i can assure they’ll both pay for it.
Unity_99
I wish all doctors would actually recommend and set up for kids, this as teenagers, so most wouldn't put it off and then remain uncircumsized. Its way way cleaner.