

When things go wrong with neonatal circumcision
Physician Contributor April 24, 2021 In the US, many thousands of neonatal (routine) circumcisions are performed every year and the vast majority (99.6%) are performed without complication. Odds are good that you will not have a problem with your son's circumcision if it is done by a trained medical provider. Odds are also good that your son will not have a problem with his circumcision as he grows up. It is still good to know what can go wrong and how to address it if it hap


It’s time for anti-circumcision activists to stop the bullying
Andrew Gross
Published on April 17, 2015 by the Jewish Weekly of Northern California. Republished by permission. Revised and updated April 16, 2021 ”You deserve to die. You are guilty of the crime of assault with a weapon against infants. … I hope they burn you alive, literally burn you on a stake over a flaming heap.” Sound like a threat from an anti-abortion extremist? Think again. This disturbing email was sent to a mohel who has performed thousands of infant circumcisions


No, circumcision doesn't cause autism.
April 3, 2021 Morten Frisch is the lead author of a 2013 letter by European doctors criticizing the AAP task force on circumcision. [1] Two years after the letter was published, Frisch led a study based on his hypothesis that infant circumcision leads to a greater risk of boys developing autism spectrum disorder (ASP). Unsurprisingly Frisch concluded that the study of more than 340,000 boys in Denmark confirmed his expectation. [2] Anthropologist Ava Neyer reviewed the study