the costs of cutting
Incorrect and fraudulent Medicare claims for circumcision are costing Australian taxpayers millions of dollars every year.
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No professional organization of medical doctors anywhere in the world recommends routine infant circumcision, yet every year millions of newborn boys have their foreskins cut off. Some die as a result. Some experience surgical complications. All are left scarred for life.
If you're thinking about circumcising your son, read this book first.
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Jonathan Meddings is an Australian writer and human rights advocate. The author of more than 100 medical fact sheets and co-author of peer-reviewed scientific papers and market-leading biology textbooks, Jonathan leads The Darbon Institute, a charity working to protect and promote everyone’s right to bodily integrity and autonomy in Australia and New Zealand.
Throughout his career as a public policy professional, Jonathan has championed evidence-based health policy and defended the rights of vulnerable people and communities.
Jonathan holds a Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science with Honours and a Bachelor of Arts with majors in philosophy and politics.
Always quick to get to the point, Jonathan coaches the sport of fencing at Australia's premier fencing club.
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