A family says their newborn son nearly bled to death and is fighting for his life after he was circumcised at a New York City hospital.

Tim and Gabrielle Groth said their son, Cole, underwent the circumcision at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital in Manhattan, where he was born on March 31.

  • FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com
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    Circumcision is barbaric and backwards

    Religion doesn’t get a free pass either. Superstition is no basis for mutilating babies

    America is one of the only places in the world that still thinks this disgraceful practice is OK.

    All because they followed the ideas of a nutter who made cornflakes…

    Shit’s fucked

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      Any cosmetic body alteration should only be done according to the will of the body-haver.

      Poor little guy is brand new to the world and just wants sleep, warmth and food. Instead he gets this 💔

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      It depends on the day for me whether increased sensitivity would be a good or bad thing for me. But that’s mental illness and the accompanying drugs for ya.

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        “It depends on the day whether more pleasure would be a good or bad thing for me”

        That’s a more precise version of your statement, I think.

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          Regardless, I’m circumcised, and if I was more sensitive in most situations, I wouldn’t last long enough for my wife’s toy to push her over the edge (I can get her off without it, but I’m too big and she’ll be sore for a week.

          Like, my prozac can be performance enhancing.

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            The subset that wants it removed could still get that done later, right? Those who don’t aren’t given the option. Putting it back is a bit more difficult.

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        Being intact is also preventative for some stds, iirc, but I couldn’t find anything to support that

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          I looked into this claim a couple of years ago. I couldn’t find any well executed study that showed this. It’s mainly a talking point that people who argue for circumcision claim is true, but I couldn’t find any scientific support for this.

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            I was unclear. Circumcision predisposes you to STD transmission iirc, but I also couldn’t find anything.

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          Largely beneficial for UTIs, which is the leading infection in young boys. UTIs in young children are often hard to diagnose before spreading to the kidneys

          Then later in life when getting too old to wash yourself the benefit returns again

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      I’m sure someone will jump in and mention hygiene, like we haven’t invented fucking soap some 3000 years ago…

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        FYI, in those 3000 years time, we have found another use for soap besides sticking your dick in it!

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    “Days after Cole’s birth, doctors placed a stent in him to address a known heart disease he was born with.”

    I would wager that if the kid has heart disease and a stent, they likely put him on blood thinners as well. Source: Am on blood thinners following a stent.

    How much do you want to bet the asshats who suggested circumcision were blissfully unaware of what happens when you cut someone who is on blood thinners?

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    there’s another pointless bullshit stone age tradition that’s long overdue for going the fuck away forever

    christopher hitchens (R.I.P.) says it better than anyone ever has or will:

    https://youtu.be/Xx_ov2NiNo4

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    Stop circumcising children. Let men decide if they want to be circumcised when they reach the age of consent at the age of 18. I guarantee circumcision will drop by 95% or more.

    And if that’s the case, that circumcision only exists if you don’t give the boy the choice, then don’t fucking force this on an infant!

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    Why do parents keep choosing to cut up the genitals of their baby boys?

    Is it because the dad had his penis cut up for him, and therefore he must do it to his son because “nothing is wrong with his dick”?

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      It’s due to lack of education about not cutting it and indoctrination of what has been societal norms. It’s much less nefarious than you think on the part of many parents. Most people don’t generally think about this ahead of time and research it.