Mary & Drew: Mary makes some noise

Friday, April 04, 2008

Mary makes some noise

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2 comments:

Karen Edmisten said...: Your daughter is beautiful! Thanks for stopping by my blog, and for taking the time to comment. May God bless your family!; Friday, April 04, 2008
Cathy said...: Thanks, Karen!

I was really moved by your incredible conversion story. It's nice to be reminded that they are always near us...; Friday, April 04, 2008

Why not?

From a moral point of view, circumcision is permissible if, in accordance with therapeutic principles, it prevents a disease that cannot be countered in any other way.
-Pope Pius XII, 1952

Except when performed for strictly therapeutic medical reasons, directly intended amputations, mutilations, and sterilizations performed on innocent persons are against the moral law.
-Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2297

Neonatal male circumcision has no medical indication. It is a traumatic procedure performed without anaesthesia to remove a normal and healthy prepuce.
-Australian Academy of Pediatrics, 1996

The AAPS does not support or condone the practice of child circumcision.
-Australasian Academy of Pediatric Sciences, 1996

Circumcision of newborns should not be routinely performed.
-Canadian Pediatric Society, 1989

The British Association of Paediatric Surgeons advises that there is rarely a clinical indication for circumcision.
-2003

There are no valid medical indications for circumcision in the neonatal period.
-American Academy of Pediatrics, 1971