Presentation by Leeanne Morris on the psychological harms caused by non-therapeutic circumcision. Recorded at the 15 Square AGM 2023 ..read more

Freedom of Information request by the National Secular Society  reveals that “Boys face serious complications from circumcision, complaints show” Read the full story on the NSS web site. NSS campaigns officer Dr Alejandro Sanchez said: “These complaints lay bare the dangers of medically unnecessary circumcision in babies and children. It is a myth that circumcision is simple and safe ..read more

In this video Dr Alejandro Sanchez delivers the National Secular Society’s current approach to challenging the practice of non-therapeutic circumcision ..read more

In this free online talk on June 8 at 1800-1900 British summer time.   Experts will make the case for ensuring all children are protected from non-therapeutic genital cutting – whatever their sex or cultural background. Find out more and book your place:https://www.secularism.org.uk/genital-cutting-and-childrens-ri.html #Circumcision #FGM ..read more

At MDC we have been highlighting the waste and suffering caused by non-therapeutic circumcisions ever since we were founded. Good to see this article in the Mail on Sunday  (27/02/2022) reporting the growing concern in the medical community at the number of unnecessary circumcisions that are performed. Teaching proper care of the intact penis, cleaning it using water from the base to the tip, minimising the use of soap (no complex bubble baths etc.) and only the boy himself should ever attempt to retract his foreskin. Those three simple measures could save a lot of problems. Our figure of ..read more

One of the key reasons MDC was started was to ask for the proper recording of circumcisions, the long term follow up of possible complications and for proper care of the men that circumcised boys will become. We have said elsewhere on this site that men who complain about having been circumcised are often treated as if there is something wrong with them rather than having had something wrong done to them. Read the details of this academic survey and please participate.  Landmark Foreskin Restoration Survey: Document Your Experiences. Tell Researchers How to Improve Medical Care. Those wh ..read more