Mary & Drew: Long overdue update

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Long overdue update

3 comments:

Marmee said...: Wow! I gave up on seeing new pictures on the blog- and LOOK! New pictures! Love seeing these, but it makes me realize how fast those kids are growing up. I think if y'all moved down this way, you could slow that process down a bit...
They are adorable. XOXOXO
Marmee; Sunday, April 07, 2013
Joe D. said...: They are getting big. Hey, I am on vacation at the beginning of June and plan on bringing them down for a visit. It may be just me and the kids though....; Sunday, April 07, 2013
Beth said...: I love them.; Sunday, May 05, 2013

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