MAKING THE CUT: AN INVESTIGATIVE REPORT ON REVERSE CIRCUMCISION

Chloe Hilliard Posted June 13, 2012

…..Circumcised men are vocal opponents, some comparing the procedure to genital mutilation and using the Internet to spread their message. Anthony Losquadro, executive director of Intaction.org is what the anti-circumcision community calls an “intactivist,” people who advocate for education and giving boys the right to decide for themselves. “The medical community is concerned about the money,” Losquadro says. He tallies the average cost of a baby’s circumcision between $800 and $1,200, while, he says, the detached foreskins are often kept by the hospital and sold for medical research. “Hospitals retain ownership of the tissue and sell it to companies to use in artificial skin grafts and antiwrinkle cosmetics.”

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