I heard on the radio today that the CDC is working on making circumcision mandatory for all newborns in the USA.
A quick search revealed plenty of articles confirming that claim. Have we fell so far as to rob people of their rights to their own body?
Circumcision is tauted as "cleaner" and "less likely to pass disease". You know what is even cleaner and even less likely to pass disease? complete removal of the penis. Also why not rip out everyone's nails so they don't have to clean under them and cannot get nail fungal infections? or circumcise females while we are at it too?
Worse is that those studies look at populations, not at individual incidences. A highly likely possibility is that circumcised males in africa are 60% less likely than their non circumcised counterparts to catch aids, is because african's have no tradition or religion calling for circumcision and the ONLY reason people get circumcised there IS to prevent aids infection. It stands to reason that someone who was circumcised to prevent aids infection will also use comdoms and avoid multiple partners and other precautions to prevent aids infectiontion. But those studies don't take it into accounts.
Other studies do, and have shown no difference in infection rates.
Countries like the UK have tried universal circumcision. botched operations lead to 1 in a million losing their penis entirely, and 1/500,000 dying. (yes, more people died then lost their penis). As well as a variety of less severe complications at lower rates. While having absolutely no effect on rate of disease contraction.