What Are Trends In Parents' Views Of Circumcision?

Posting Date: 03/01/1999

More and more parents - including Jewish parents - are questioning the wisdom of subjecting their baby to the pain and risks of circumcision and its life-long consequences.

More and more parents are wondering if they have the right to consent to the irreversible amputation of a healthy, normal, sensitive, functional part of their baby's penis ? an amputation that experts regard not just as "unnecessary," but as contrainidicated.

More and more parents are becoming informed and, as a result, more and more parents are deciding against circumcision and are keeping their baby boys intact.

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