April 3, 2021 Morten Frisch is the lead author of a 2013 letter by European doctors criticizing the AAP task force on circumcision. [1] Two years after the letter was published, Frisch led a study based on his hypothesis that infant circumcision leads to a greater risk of boys developing autism spectrum disorder (ASP). Unsurprisingly Frisch concluded that the study of more than 340,000 boys in Denmark confirmed his expectation. [2] Anthropologist Ava Neyer reviewed the study

Andrew Gross Published February 7, 2019 Updated August 5, 2022 "Circumcision’s Psychological Damage" is the 7th article in a series published in Psychology Today which claims that circumcision is harmful. Psychology professor Patrick O’Connor argued that circumcision during infancy or childhood causes mental trauma that affects males throughout their lives. [1] My analysis follows. O’Connor began by disparaging the proposed CDC guidelines that were released in late 2014 [2],

Published October 8, 2018 Revised August 13, 2021 Intact America brazenly lies and distorts circumcision studies and statements from medical authorities. Today we present four such examples. Intact America and its leaders falsely claim that circumcision causes more than 100 deaths in the U.S. each year that a study shows that circumcision contributes to erectile dysfunction that the AAP admits that circumcision complications were not systematically studied that a member of t

November 28, 2017 The creator of an anti-circumcision documentary claimed that the American Academy of Pediatrics lied about the effects of circumcision. Brendon Marotta, who wrote and directed “American Circumcision,” alleged that a "leaked audio" clip shows that AAP doctors knew that circumcision reduces sexual pleasure, contrary to the AAP Task Force Policy Statement. According to Marotta, “at a private meeting featuring members of the American Academy of Pediatrics task