Mary & Drew: blogger goofy. we're fine. drew inside still. oh, this is a story and a half. more when blogger will let me blog more than a post title!

Thursday, May 13, 2010

blogger goofy. we're fine. drew inside still. oh, this is a story and a half. more when blogger will let me blog more than a post title!

6 comments:

Sew said...: MAN!!!!!!!!; Thursday, May 13, 2010
a thorn in the pew said...: Has to be surreal at this point. Looking forward to the appearence. :); Thursday, May 13, 2010
... said...: I'm following your twitter. 7! So exciting!; Thursday, May 13, 2010
WheelbarrowRider said...: Can't wait to hear more! I just keep checking and praying!; Thursday, May 13, 2010
Anonymous said...: Congrats - I saw the news on FB!; Thursday, May 13, 2010
... said...: Congratulations!!! He is BEAUTIFUL!; Thursday, May 13, 2010

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