Pat's Informative Baby Circumcision Site

* Medical Timeline: How did doctors first convince Americans to start circumcising?
* Streamable Videos: News Stories, Doctors and Mothers Views, Surgery etc
* Real Foreskin Functions and Mobility: Moving Gifs and Videos, Restoration etc
* Baby Circumcision Photos: Baby Restraints, Clamps, Sequential Amputations etc
* Comprehensive Links: You are here!
* Experiences, Site Feedback and Quotes: Parents, Doctors, Men speak out

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Comprehensive Involuntary Penis Reduction Links

"Often the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it." --Mark Twain

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Sections:

Introductory Overviews
For Mothers and Fathers
Learn where cut-off foreskin goes
Medical History
STDs, Cancer, and UTIs
HIV/AIDS
Religion and Circumcision
Parents and Men's Experiences
Learn about Foreskin
FGM and MGM
Personal Articles
Excellent Informative Websites
Activist Resources
Satire

Introductory Overviews

Dr Sears advises about deciding to circumcise or not:
http://www.askdrsears.com/html/1/T012000.asp

A mother answers common circumcision concerns:
http://emmagfunk03.googlepages.com/circumcision

Pros, Cons and Truth of Routine Infant Circumcision:
http://www.homiegfunk.com/RIC2.htm

Converstational-Style Infant Circumcision Overview:
http://www.freewebs.com/doulasarah/circumcisioninformation.htm

An expectant mother researches circumcision for her blog:
http://crunchydomesticgoddess.blogspot.com/2006/11/circumcision-post_06.html

Isn't circumcision just a little snip? and other FAQs:
http://www.notjustskin.org/en/circumcisionfaq.html

12 Reasons to Say No:
http://www.naturalfamilyonline.com/5-bc/64-no-to-circumcision.htm

10 Most Common Circumcision Myths:
http://www.nocircpa.org/4642.html

What is lost due to circumcision?:
http://www.norm.org/lost.html

An excellent comprehensive overview with pictures:
http://wreckingboy.livejournal.com/318545.html

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For Mothers and Fathers

Congratulations, you are having a boy:-), now what?:
http://www.circumstitions.com/Itsaboy.html

An Appeal to Cut Fathers:
http://noharmm.org/appeal.htm

How to talk to your pro-cutting husband:
http://www.stopcirc.com/vincent/vulnerability_of_men.html

How to properly care for your uncut baby:
http://www.cirp.org/pages/parents/peron1/

FAQs about the Proper Care of an Uncut Boy:
http://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/DOC/faq.html

This signable legal form helps prevent Doctors doing circumcisions without permission:
http://www.noharmm.org/Noncircform.htm

This signable legal form helps dispel the ignorance medical professionals have about foreskin:
http://www.mothersagainstcirc.org/care.htm

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Where Cut-Off Foreskin Goes

Face Cream's secret ingredient:
http://www.nbc10.com/health/1808693/detail.html

Harvesting Foreskins for commercial use:
http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/47421/

Human Foreskins are Big Business for Cosmetics:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/146761/human_foreskins_are_big_business_for.html

Foreskins for Sale:
http://www.foreskin.org/f4sale.htm

Where do all the foreskins go?:
http://www.norm-uk.org/where_do_foreskins_go.html

Note: The following 5 links are just tidbits for you to check out to see that yes this is really going on.

"Dr. Wexler told us the factors[in the cream that Oprah uses] are engineered from human foreskin!":
http://www.oprah.com/health/beauty/health_beauty_treatments.jhtml

Abstract of a research paper on using foreskins "...fibroblast cultures are established from freshly harvested neonatal foreskin tissue":
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11858954&dopt=Abstract

Near the bottom of the page - "Injectable collagen[for lip plumping] derived from newborn foreskin":
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/cosmetic_surgery/injectables/content.asp?p=all

Buy your own culture of Epidermal keratinocytes derived from neonatal foreskins:
http://ccr.coriell.org/Sections/Search/NHFK.aspx?Ref=NHFK&PgId=202

This commercial biomedical company sells foreskin-derived cell cultures(Search for Foreskin):
http://www.cascadebio.com/

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Medical History

History of Circumcision in the United States of America:
http://www.historyofcircumcision.net/

A doctor summarizes circumcision's modern history:
http://www.birthpsychology.com/birthscene/circ.html#chamberlain

Medical Timeline of Circumcision with Doctor's Quotes:
http://www.geocities.com/painfulquestioning/timeline.html

The Medical Transformation of Circumcision in America:
http://www.cirp.org/library/history/gollaher/

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STDs, Cancer, and UTIs

Sexually Transmitted Diseases(STDs):
http://www.cirp.org/library/disease/STD/

Penile Cancer and Cervical Cancer:
http://www.cirp.org/library/disease/cancer/

Urinary Tract Infections(UTIs):
http://www.cirp.org/library/disease/UTI/

Balanitis (inflammation of the glans):
http://www.cirp.org/library/disease/balanitis/

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HIV/AIDS

Referenced Analytic Summary:
http://www.cirp.org/library/disease/HIV/

"Newborns are not sexually active and, therefore, not at risk for sexually contracted diseases.":
http://www.futuremedicine.com/doi/full/10.2217/17469600.2.3.193

Study finds Circumcised Women have lower HIV Infection:
http://www.ias-2005.org/planner/Abstracts.aspx?AID=3138

Male Circumcision and HIV Blog:
http://www.circumcisionandhiv.com/

FAQs on Circumcision and AIDS:
http://www.mgmbill.org/aids.htm

Studies Overview with Analysis:
http://www.circumstitions.com/HIV.html

Harms Outweigh 'Benefits':
http://www.circumcision.org/hiv.htm

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Religion and Circumcision

Is circumcision a requirement for salvation for Christian males?:
http://www.christiananswers.net/q-eden/circumcision.html

Christian Parents and Infant Circumcision:
http://www.cirp.org/pages/cultural/peron1/

Catholics Opposing Infant Circumcision:
http://www.catholicsagainstcircumcision.org/

Christians for Wholeness:
http://acts15.org/

Questioning Circumcision -- A Jewish Perspective:
http://www.jewishcircumcision.org/

Sensitive Jewish Circumcision Documentary -- 23mins:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6230839349201124738

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Parents and Men's Experiences

Male, Female and Intersex share about their genital cutting:
http://www.genitalintegrity.net/blouch/

If someone cut off a useful part of your genitalia, how would you feel?:
http://www.sueeasy.com/litigants.php?class_action_case_detail=258

Peoples feelings and experiences with infant circumcision:
http://med-fraud.org/medical_fraud__and_the_criminal_27.htm

Quotes from Doctors, Men, Nurses, and Mothers:
http://www.circumcisionquotes.com/

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Foreskin

What does foreskin do?:
http://research.cirp.org/func1.html

Basic Foreskin Curriculum:
http://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/info/foreskin.html

The three zones of penile skin:
http://www.foreskin.org/3zones-c.htm

Functions of the Foreskin Video -- 19mins:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1482347046642439341

Contrast and compare pictures of cut and uncut penises:
http://www.circumstitions.com/Restric/comparison.html

Real Foreskin Mobility and Function:
http://www.geocities.com/painfulquestioning/naturalresources.html

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FGM and MGM

An FGM researcher compares MGM cultural justifications:
http://www.fgmnetwork.org/intro/mgmfgm.html

Our Own Cultural Myopia?
http://www.geocities.com/wholebaby/myopia.html

Human Genital Mutilation Classification Chart:
http://www.icgi.org/hgm_classification.htm

Female Circumcision and Male Circumcision, Is There A Difference?:
http://www.compleatmother.com/articles3/femalecircumcision.shtml

Common Denominators between Male and Female 'Circumcision':
http://www.noharmm.org/comparison.htm

Underlying Justifications in the US and Africa:
http://www.nocirc.org/symposia/third/hanny3.html

Side-by-side Comparison of official AAP positions:
http://www.circumstitions.com/AAP.html

Contrast and compare FGM and MGM:
http://www.circumstitions.com/FGMvsMGM.html

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Personal Articles

A cut man confronts adult peer pressure to cut his son:
http://www.thisisby.us/index.php/content/fighting_for_foreskin

A cut man defends infant circumcision until he researches it:
http://www.salon.com/aug97/mothers/circ970820.html

An uncut Jewish American woman decides to not cut off part her son:
http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1998/10/26feature.html

A cut Jewish man writes a letter to his newborn son:
http://www.jewsagainstcircumcision.org/letter.htm

An uncut American doctor questions cultural beliefs she was raised with:
http://www.drcat.org/articles_interviews/html/firstcut.html

A cut man researches circumcision and cries:
http://www.mhwaq.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=60&Itemid=158

An uncut woman meets Marilyn Milos:
http://www.kindredmedia.com.au/info/intact_protecting_our_boys_from_circumcision/84/1

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Excellent Educational Websites

Doctors Opposing Circumcision:
http://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/

Circumcision Information Resource Pages:
http://www.cirp.org/

National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers:
http://www.nocirc.org/

National Organization to Halt the Abuse and Routine Mutilation of Males:
http://www.noharmm.org/

Circumcision plus Superstition:
http://www.circumstitions.com/

Mothers Against Circumcision:
http://www.mothersagainstcirc.org/

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Activist Links

Collection of Intactivist Banners, Blinkies etc:
http://www.myspace.com/intactivist

Free Legal Support for those who have been forcibly genitally-reduced:
http://www.arclaw.org/

Proposed Congressional Bill to protect against forced genital-reductions:
http://www.mgmbill.org/

Pamphlets to print and hand out:
http://www.coloradonocirc.org/pamphlets.php

Intactivist shirts, buttons, magnets etc:
http://www.cafepress.com/intactivism/

Stop the Government from automatically paying for infant genital-reductions:
http://www.icgi.org/Medicaid_Project/index.htm

Intactivist Internet Support Groups:
http://www.mothering.com/discussions/forumdisplay.php?f=44
http://z9.invisionfree.com/Anti_Circumcision/
http://www.foreskin-restoration.net/forum/
http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/TheWholeChild
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Wacky_World_of_Circumcision/
http://stopcircumcision.tribe.net/
http://intactivism.tribe.net/

Genital Integrity Awareness Week:
http://www.genitalintegrity.net/giaw/

College Campus Student Groups:
http://www.studentsforgenitalintegrity.org/

Petitions to sign:
http://montagunocircpetition.org/
http://www.gopetition.co.uk/online/7846.html
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/616953036?ltl=1155670937

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Satire

An Interview with Dr Quack:
http://www.geocities.com/wholebaby/humour.html

How to Become a Real Man:
http://josh.bakehorn.net/circ.html

The Best Method of Circumcision:
http://www.geocities.com/wholebaby/best.html

The Case for Labectomy:
http://hcsoftware.sourceforge.net/jason-rohrer/writing/nonfiction/labectomy/

Involuntary Ritual Amputation Among the Nacirema People:
http://www.geocities.com/wholebaby/nacirema.html

Mastectomies Improve Women's Health:
http://www.geocities.com/wholebaby/mastectomy.html

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"This was the most unkindest cut of all." --William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

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Site Contents

* Medical Timeline: How did doctors first convince Americans to start circumcising?
* Streamable Videos: News Stories, Doctors and Mothers Views, Surgery etc
* Real Foreskin Functions and Mobility: Moving Gifs and Videos, Restoration etc
* Baby Circumcision Photos: Baby Restraints, Clamps, Sequential Amputations etc
* Comprehensive Links: You are here!
* Experiences, Site Feedback and Quotes: Parents, Doctors, Men speak out