Reply #19: Most of the doctors I work with don't wait long enough

[tavalon]

for the anesthetic to help. And they won't give even tylenol for the pain afterward. I will not proselytize to the parents because I think that is inappropriate behavior for me as their caregiver. That said, in this forum, I will state with no reservation, it is genital mutilation. With or without anesthetic.

As an interesting aside, I was almost supportive of pharmacists who wanted to refuse to give the morning after pill. Almost. And do you know why? Because for twenty years, I have refused to assist with circumcisions (I always made sure someone else was available to cover for me, and I have always helped with the EMLA and post circ care). I could see their argument from the angle of my own ethical issues. But, in the end, they failed because part of refusing to assist includes making sure the patient has someone willing to assist them. And if there is no one else, you just have to suck it up and in too many of the cases, those pharmacists were the only ones around, so.......