Mary & Drew

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

4 comments:

Danya @ He Adopted Me First said...: I can't believe HOW MUCH they look alike! 'Wish I could join them!; Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Sew said...: I can't believe how big he is!!!

Love that they are snuggling together! Sweet!; Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Sew said...: Danya I can not comment on your blog!; Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Beth said...: My belly is hanging out like that right now ;); Thursday, June 16, 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