Newborn Options

There are many options available to new parents. This section only covers two of these options, the two hot topics: circumcision and vaccination.


Circumcision

Pediatricians and urologists consider circumcision a cosmetic procedure, and no reputable pediatrics association or urologists association recommends routine circumcision for newborn males.
 "Routine circumcision of babies in the United States did not begin until the Cold War era. Circumcision is almost unheard of in Europe, Southern America, and non-Muslim Asia. In fact, only 10 to 15 percent of men throughout the world are circumcised."
"The natural penis requires no special care. A child's foreskin, like his eyelids, is self-cleansing. Forcibly retracting a baby's foreskin can lead to irritation and infection. The best way to care for a child's intact penis is to leave it alone."
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  • Circumcision Information and Resource Pages - an Internet resource that provide you with information about all aspects of the genital surgery known as circumcision
  •  Dr Momma - a huge list of circumcision resources, including a number of research papers and websites. You can also purchase her circumcision education/decision packet.
  • Circumcision Decision Maker - an interactive, online tool to help you decide if circumcision is right for your family

Vaccinations
 No doctor can assure you that vaccinations are completely safe. It is imperative that families take a critical look at vaccinations and make educated choices regarding them.
". . . If the State can tag, track down and force citizens against their will to be injected with biologicals of unknown toxicity today, there will be no limit on which individual freedoms the State can take away in the name of the greater good tomorrow."  - Barbara Loe Fisher
"We know that mercury (thimersal) causes neuro-toxicity, there's no controversy about that. Does it cause autism? It contributes to the damage that leads to autism." - John Green III, MD
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  • The Greater Good - "A new documentary about childhood immunizations, The Greater Good could intensify debate around the potential dangers of vaccines." - The Wall Street Journal
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Websites
  • Parents Requesting Open Vaccine Education - PROVE provides information on vaccines, and the immunization policies and practices that affect the children and adults of Texas. Their mission is to prevent vaccine injury and death and to promote and protect the right of every person to make informed independent vaccination decisions for themselves and their families
  • Vaccination News - Sandy Mintz runs this website. She presents some of the controversy concerning vaccines.
  • Think Twice Global Vaccine Institute - Uncensored information about vaccines and how they affect our children.
  • Vaccine Website - Read the package inserts that come with the vaccines
  • National Vaccine Information Center - NVIC is a national, non-profit educational organization founded in 1982. It is the oldest and largest national organization advocating reformation of the mass vaccination system.
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