Help a male child still in womb

[Unregistered]

I am friends with a woman named Alicia Barrett, maiden name Carrico. She is unfortunatley pregnant carrying a male child. She plans to have a dr. cut his penis while he is a newborn. She is using medicaid in TN. I am writing the TennCare to stop payment authorization of this cosmetic procedure. What can I do to help her understand. She somewhat seems to think the child is a possession to "do what she pleases with". I was undoubtedly attacked on facebook by her and her cronies about how they only think abused penises look attractive, and they erroneously think it will help him in the long run. This child is at serious risk for sexual assault as a newborn. He is due to arrive by labor the first week of February. We have limited time. How can I help this child?

[FalseReality]

Well I saw this video somewhere on here, and you should start with this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncFnxjad-z8. It really lets you see that everyday people and the media are beginning to see the damages of circumcision.

This next one http://www.mothersagainstcirc.org/painful.htm talks about the pain involved in circumcision, I don't know any parent who would be ok with their child being tortured, but just about everyone who was circumcised as a newborn was. Is it right to torture someone if they don't remember it? And even circumcision pain is believed to effect someone people later in life.

I'm sure others have even better information to pass to you. Dry facts don't always cut too deep though (pun unintended ;P). If all else fails you could always make her promise to watch a video of a child being circumcised so she knows what her child's circumcision will be like. (pure torture to remove a blissful body part with only a crumb of reason). Which reminds me make sure she knows what good old america was trying to prevent when they brought circumcision here (masturbation.)

Read this lovely qoute by John Harvey Kellogg head of kelloggs cereal:

"A remedy [for masturbation] which is almost always successful in small boys is circumcision. The operation should be performed by a surgeon without administering an anesthetic, as the pain attending the operation will have a salutary effect upon the mind, especially if it be connected with the idea of punishment."

I really wish someone was there to save me from this, don't give up, but don't push to much.

Well really the sad thing is even if he does grow up cut he'll most likely be like most men and never really know or care about what he has last.