Mary & Drew: Plotting against me, probably.

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Plotting against me, probably.

4 comments:

Danya @ He Adopted Me First said...: Are you keeping her up tonight or am I?; Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Hebrews 11:1 said...: I think Danya's right!!; Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Cathy said...: "Bro, you've kept her up for the past nine months. I'll take it tonight."; Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Beth said...: I LOVE this picture. They will treasure it when they're older.; Thursday, February 24, 2011

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