circumcision
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Who can blame the infant, even one so tender and mild, for squawking during his circumcision?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
Non-therapeutic circumcision is the removal of the foreskin of male babies and young children for religious or cultural reasons, rather than medical reasons.
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2026
If talking about circumcision makes you cringe, feel free to move along.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2025
"A more recent review of studies in this area finds no association between circumcision and any adverse psychological effects," he added.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2025
For the Xhosa people, circumcision represents the formal incorporation of males into society.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
White, in his Newsmax interview, raised the case of an investigation in Antwerp into circumcisions by a small number of mohels, Jewish specialists who perform circumcisions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
Assistant coroner Anton van Dellen wrote a prevention of future deaths report in which he called for action over the lack of safety and regulatory measures surrounding non-therapeutic male circumcisions.
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2026
He even took arms against the Murdoch-owned New York Post, which posted its story with the headline, “RFK Jr. says Tylenol after circumcisions linked to autism,” and proceeded to debunk the claim.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2025
Bullock’s attorneys also noted that while baptisms were banned, there was no prohibition on Jewish circumcisions or on daycare workers and doctors holding infants.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 11, 2020
Biobanks store appendixes, ovaries, skin, sphincters, testicles, fat, even foreskins from most circumcisions.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
