Mary & Drew: From the "Pregnancy is not a disease" file.

Monday, October 10, 2011

From the "Pregnancy is not a disease" file.

Chicago Tribune: Woman gives birth after running (and walking) marathon

You.

Go.

Girl.

4 comments:

Chasing said...: Love it!; Monday, October 10, 2011
Mary said...: I made the mistake of showing this article to my husband. haha why did i do that?!! ;); Monday, October 10, 2011
alliemich said...: I about died this morning when I saw that, being 37.5 weeks pregnant, I don't think I could run if my house was on fire!! She is pretty amazing!; Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Beth said...: DANG.; Tuesday, October 11, 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