Having Banned Religious Circumcision, Swedish Doctors Baffled by Rise in Babies Born with Deformed Penises
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Swedish researchers examined data on Hypospadias—a condition that causes baby boys to be born with deformed penises—and found that the problem now afflicts 8 out of every 1000 boys. The figure used to be only 4.5 out of every 1000, The Local reported.
Experts from Stockholm’s Karolinksa Institute looked at factors that may cause the defect, such as low-birth weight, being born a twin, and being born via IVF treatment, but they could not affirmatively link the rise in deformities to any known cause.
So, instead, they concluded that an unknown factor was behind the trend.
Hypospadias can cause the foreskin to be gathered at the back of the penis with none at the front.
Other deformities associated with hypospadias include a dislocation of the hole through which urine passes, so it is not at the tip of the penis; and the penis bending during erection, according to the National Health Service.
Hypospadias is not life threatening, but it makes it hard to urinate standing up, and makes having sex quite difficult.
These deformities can be fixed by circumcision to remove the foreskin.
Remember the lovely folk song “There’s a Hole in the Bucket, ” made popular by Harry Belafonte and Odetta?
It turns out only last January the medical associations in Sweden and Denmark recommended banning non-medical circumcision of boys.
In fact, in Sweden, as the Svenska Dagbladet daily reported at the time, the recommendation came in a resolution that was unanimously adopted last week by the ethics council of the Sweden Medical Association — a union whose members constitute 85 percent of the country’s physicians.
It recommended setting 12 as the minimum age for the procedure and to do it only with the boy’s consent.
Of course, Jewish ritual circumcision is performed eight days after birth. Which made the resolution, whether intentionally or not, an assault on religious Jewish practices in Sweden.
Yes, Karma is a dish bets eaten cold. With bagels and cream cheese and some whiskey…
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Yes, not circumcising after birth causes the baby to be born with it’s urethral orifice in the wrong place.
Amazing – circumcision reverses time!
And not circumcising a baby will cause him to have bent erections when he is an adult.
Amazing – circumcision is better than 3.5 million years of evolution!
This is patently offensive to Jews who do not maim their children with circumcision. Speak for yourself, but you do not speak for all Jews when you say that laws banning sexual mutilation are an assault on Jewish practices. Circumcision is a practice that cannot be defended by any religion.
What a ludicrous piece of so-called journalism! Tibi Singer, you either deserve the Monty Python award for tongue-in-cheek comedy masquerading as news, or the King Canute award for pushing an argument against reality and common sense. Or was it just an inept piece of pro-circumcision propaganda? There is no link between circumcision (which occurs after birth!) and hypospadias (which arises during embryo development in the womb). And this gem is published in Jewish Business News. Priceless!