If you have a child in the United States, specifically New York City, do they ask the parents if they want their child circumsised or not? If they don't, can u refuse to have it done?
2007-01-06 10:48:42 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Men's Health
Yes they have to ask & you are well within your rights to say no. We had our son circumcised & the doctor botched the job. We didn't realize that a small piece of foreskin was left behind. It had to be done again when our son was 3! Talk about traumatizing your kid. I would never do it again. Just my opinion, but if your son wants it done when he is older, that would be his call. I would never do this to our son again.
2007-01-06 10:55:42 · answer #1 · answered by jodi g 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, the parents have always had the final say. But it was done by word of mouth. Now both the physician and the hospital require a signed consent either from both parents or from one. It is your right to make the decision for your son.
But why are you against infant circumcision?
1. Worries about pain. You don't have to be. The procedure is now painless because of new creams which deaden the feelings on the skin or a pain killing shot to the penile nerve. The child will sleep.
2. Psychological effect on the child. Disproven.
3. Mistake in the surgery. Less than .001%.
4. Loss of human rights. No, parents provide food and shelter, clothing, education, play, visits to the doctors, shots to prevent diseases, etc. It takes a long time for the child to grow up and make decisions for well-being. The parents have every right to decide for or against circumcision.
5. Some of the benefits are: simplified hygiene, one good washing a day in place of two or three a day; a first line of defense against STDs and in intercourse with a woman who carries HIV, the circumcised male has a 50% chance of getting AIDS compared with an uncut male; prevention of irritation, infections under the foreskin, tightened foreskin, kidney infection, and cancer of the penis (a rarety but when carried, a mess).
6.Women like the look and have better sex, especially with oral relations.
7. The shaft of the penis has its nerves energized and the glans has greater sensitivity as well as staying power,thus pleasing the woman in obtaining orgasm.
Be careful about what you read on the internet. The minor group in this discussion is very vocal that circumcision is decreasing. The rate has remained at about 85% of circumcisions among infants, adolescents, and men compared to 15% intact in the USA each year for the last 20 years. The rate is now increasing.
I respect your point of view. But please see what the other side has to say. Americans prefer circumcision.
2007-01-06 21:04:26 · answer #2 · answered by teiddarhpsyth 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can refuse. Circumsision is only done out of tradition and really doesn't serve a funciton. Its very painful to the baby and if you ever see it done you will not want to put your baby though it!
2007-01-06 18:52:58 · answer #3 · answered by NCSMALLBIZ.COM 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
You can always refuse to get it done. I mean you probably already know this but there is good and bad to circumcision. Yes it is more vulnerable to get infected. But that is why you have to notify them when they get old enough that they have to keep it clean. But on the up side it does a hel l of a lot better when you are having sex
2007-01-06 18:56:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
No matter what state you live in the doc asks the parents if they want the baby circumsized. Circumscision is not forced on any one.
2007-01-06 18:54:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
It is a medical procedure and the doctor MUST have informed consent from the child's parents. It is totally unnecessary and is a cosmetic procedure in infants. (There are medical reasons that adults may be circumcised.)
2007-01-06 18:51:09 · answer #6 · answered by Pangolin 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
yes they ask and yes you can say no 2 the snip
2007-01-06 18:51:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I was gonna answer this, but I don't think I can compete with a doctor! Who is right by the way! LOL!
2007-01-06 18:53:00 · answer #8 · answered by Shari 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
yes they ask and yes you can refuse.
2007-01-07 12:34:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋