After 24 years as a member, Alexandre Rotta left the American Academy of Pediatrics over their 2012 circumcision policy. Alexandre Rotta, MD, FCCM, FAAP, is Chief of the Division of Pediatric Critical Care and the Linsalata Family Chair in Pediatric Critical Care and Emergency Medicine at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital.

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When Brian and Sarah Kirkell saw the protest outside the American Academy of Pediatricians (AAP) Conference in Washington DC they shared their story of how they came to protect their son's genital integrity, and educate their daughter about genital autonomy too. #AAP15 #GenitalMutilation #GenitalIntegrity #AAPExperience #HumanRights #GenitalAutonomy #BritShalom

I care about the way we make decisions, especially those related to sexuality. Circumcision is a very difficult decision given the battling perspectives that leave no clear answer. This episode is intended to start the discussion of circumcision by describing how it is typically performed, which means with infant males.

Pediatrician Alexandre Rotta describes viewing the circumcision of a baby boy during his early medical training and what he's learned about this issue since meeting activists protesting the American Academy of Pediatrics conventions. Warning: There is a brief scene with audio of a baby boy being genitally mutilated, one minute into the interview.

Man Defends Genital Integrity

The final cut: What parents should know about circumcision and why it's wrong Jonathan Meddings Presented at Genital Autonomy 2014 - 13th International Symposium on Genital Autonomy and Children's Rights, Boulder, Colorado, July 24, 2014 Although debate surrounding circumcision rages on in the legal and medical literature, this hasn't translated into the public sphere in the way it needs to in order to eradicate the practice.

What happened today... As a medical student at America's oldest hospital, Pennsylvania Hospital, I was happy to be on the obstetrics rotation. While still in college, I had heard an obstetrician speak enthusiastically about his optimistic specialty. So now I was enjoying helping to bring babies into the world.

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