You Shall Circumcise By Mitiku Adisu Debates over infant male circumcision are raging once again. A recent report by Johns Hopkins warns as well as suggests that “State governments need to start recognizing” the medical benefits and costs of not having infants circumcised. Top pediatricians are now agreed the benefits of circumcision far outweigh the risks. Some scientists and parents do not agree, obviously. Others decry any “cutting” as tampering with a beautiful thing Evolution has allowed to survive. Yet others are quick to point out parents [adults] have no business deciding for a helpless infant and that the infant should decide for itself at a later date. As in all public debates finding resolution to such intimate and emotionally charged matter is not easy. Shall we then leave it at that? By all means, no. First, the suggestion that adults should not decide for infants is simply absurd. What are parents for then if not to make decisions the best they could for and w
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