To Circumcise or Not?

Study indicates the practice of circumcision is declining, but the American Academy said it reduces chances of infection and decline could cost $4 billion in health care costs in coming years.

To circumcise or not – that’s always a big question with the birth of a newborn son. It often causes a difference of opinion, even between the parents, and reports are that the practice is in decline. But the American Academy of Pediatrics is now reported to be moving closer to endorsing the procedure, albeit still with leaving the final decision up to the parents. Fox News reported that the policy statement Monday from the American Academy of Pediatrics claims that circumcision reduces chances of infection with HIV and transmission diseases, urinary tract infections and penis cancer. It is these benefits that have now caused the academy to update its policy to make this recommendation. Circumcision is a procedure that removes foreskin at …

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Should circumcision be a crime?

A German court rules to make religious circumcision illegal.

  The debate over routine male circumcision intensified last week as a ground breaking case unfolded in a regional court in Cologne, Germany, that declared it illegal for parents to perform religious-based circumcision on their son. The ruling came from a November 2010 incident in which Muslim parents requested the circumcision of their four-year-old boy. Days after the procedure, he was admitted to an hospital emergency room due to hemorrhaging. Prosecutors were notified and the doctor was charged with grievous bodily harm but later was acquitted by the court since the circumcision was performed properly. However, that left the issue of whether or not non-medical circumcision should be legal. In the end, the court decided that a child's …

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