Doctors Opposing Circumcision
Genital Integrity
Policy Statement

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This is a comprehensive policy statement that explains our support for genital integrity. The statement is divided into twelve chapters for easy reading.

June 2008

Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Prepuce Chapter 3: Alleged Medical Benefits of Circumcision Chapter 4: Immediate Complications of Circumcision Chapter 5: Post-Operative Complications of Circumcision Chapter 6: Long-Term Adverse Effects of Circumcision Chapter 7: Conservative Alternatives to Therapeutic Circumcision Chapter 8: The Distribution of Male Genital Integrity Chapter 9: International Human Rights Law and the Circumcision of Children Chapter 10: American Law and the Circumcision of Children Chapter 11: Medical Ethics and the Circumcision of Children Chapter 12: Conclusion

This policy statement also is available in a 365K portable document format (PDF) file. The file is 64 pages and is designed to be printed doublesided on 32 sheets of letter-size paper and placed in a binder. The file may be downloaded from:

http://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/pdf/GenitalIntegrityStatement.pdf