Mary & Drew: To all those nay sayers...

Tuesday, June 02, 2009

To all those nay sayers...

To those who may not think that it is Mary that is drawing on her magna doodle, here she is drawing he carrot guy.

4 comments:

Cathy said...: You are a nut...; Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Marmee said...: And she is a gifted artist. Does that mean she won't be any good at Math???; Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Joe D. said...: She is going to be good at everything.; Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Cathy said...: Yeah, Marm, she's left-brained AND right-brained.; Thursday, June 04, 2009

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