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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Poor reporting, cooked books or the truth? Slide appears, seemingly to verify sharp drop in American neonatal circumcision

This slide (below) has been making the facebook rounds. Looks legit, and it apparently was presented during Charbel El Bcheraoui's AIDS 2010 - Vienna presentation on circumcision complications. It does not provide a source for these numbers, which is a little concerning.

Cdc-circcumcision-rates-2006-2009 Photo Source: Intact America?

If true, this is a stunning success for the intactivism movement. I wonder if it is a prelude to a backlash led by the insurgency at the CDC and AAP, or represents a backlash to the insurgency itself. It's more than a little confusing for those who have labored for years against the practice.

Posted by David Wilton at 01:39 PM in Genital Integrity, Health Care Policy, IAS 2010 - Vienna, Prevalence |

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