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“Please don’t do this to me.”– Every newborn being cut ever
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"Everything matters, for the fetus and the newborn remember it all."
- Dr. David Chamberlain, The Mind of the Newborn
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“Circumcision is a painful, risky, unethical surgery that deprives over a million boys each year of healthy, functional tissue, while wasting health care dollars that could be spent on medically necessary services.”– Intact America
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"Why is it considered too painful to do later in life, but somehow not as painful for a newborn, who has just left the safety and comfort of the dark womb? The exit into this realm is the most sensitive, fragile time in our life, adapting and trusting we will be cared for and protected. Being skinned alive steals their innate trust in the universe and they carry that scar for life."
- Andrea Boyd, The Depth of Birth
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“It builds confidence and strength in the mother, knowing she's there to protect him like a mother wolf would bite you if you were going to cut her baby cub.”
– Tiffany Leigh Crim, doula, midwife assistant