“The foreskin. Who would’ve thought that such a small piece of skin would be surrounded by such fervent debate? "To cut or not to cut?" seems to be the soul-searching question for many expectant parents when they find out they’re having a baby boy. But is it really a decision for parents to make, or is circumcision at birth or during childhood akin to genital mutilation, as some groups claim?”
Full article here: http://lifestyle.iafrica.com/hislife/features/681891.html?p=1
“Febrile male neonates who have undergone ritual circumcision have a high prevalence of UTI and must be evaluated and treated accordingly.”
A mother explains her reasons:
The following article was written several years ago, but the issues raised are still valid.
“The title of this article was not taken from some political piece reprinted from The Washington Post. Nor was it borrowed from the official U.N. list of countries that are still committing human rights violations brutal enough to make you sick.
Rather, the title for this article comes straight from the heart of one person, me, who has the audacity to speak out in behalf of untold millions of baby boys who have been mutilated in our own country. What’s worse, the basic human rights of baby boys are still being violated every day in the United States.”
Full article here: http://www.drcat.org/articles_interviews/html/NursesAgainstCircumcision.html
For anyone who erroneously thinks that every circumcised man is happy that he was robbed of his foreskin as an infant, here is something to disprove that notion.
The following link is a compilation of various famous men who resent/resented being circumcised, as well as contributions from other men who have expressed how the genital mutilation inflicted upon them as children has negatively affected their lives.
“Florida victims of medical malpractice and their attorneys have a recognized constitutional First Amendment right of free speech and expression. Currently, our Miami medical malpractice law office represents Mario Viera, an infant circumcised at South Miami Hospital without his parent’s consent. The case garnered international media attention and the family hopes that it will lead to the enactment of a law regulating how circumcisions are performed not only in Florida but the rest of the country.”
Known deaths from circumcision range anywhere from 100-200 per year. However, many other deaths due to circumcision go unknown because the cause of death is classified as something else. Thus, it is estimated that the actual number of fatalities as a result of this elective, cosmetic procedure is much higher than the current numbers on record.