re: #350 NukeAtomrod

Circumcision is just cosmetic surgery with very minor health benefits and some religious overtones. The RN I mentioned earlier also claimed that the doctors were motivated by greed to perform the procedure. She didn’t actually say Jewish doctors, but I suspect that it was implied.

Um, actually, it looks like circumcision reduces the spread of AIDS, which is why men in Africa are actually lining up to get circumcised. I was really nervous about getting my son circumcized after he was born and had read a lot of articles about risks and benefits. My OB/GYN came in and talked to me, and said that he and the pediatrician I’d chosen would do it together if I so chose…

The thing that tipped the scale was the fact that uncirc’d infant boys have higher rates of urinary tract infections, and with uncirc’d baby boys, they catheterize them to get a clean urine sample. urg.