Stand against circumcision. (Bulletins: good news about pregnancy, birth, and parenting).(Brief Article)

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North Carolina is the seventh state to discontinue Medicaid funding of routine infant circumcision as of November 1, 2001. The others are California, North Dakota, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, and Mississippi. According to HCIA-Sachs (a health information company now called Solucient) statistics, Medicaid funded more than 25 percent of newborn...

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