apparently circumcision is a major protective influence against invasive penile cancer.
i'm not actually advocating circumcision. i'm not a medical doctor or an expert on health effects of circumcision.
but it seems to me, that it would make more sense to look at the overall health effects, pro and con, before taking a strong position either way.
More men in the USA die of male breast cancer than die of penile cancer. Also more women die of vulva cancer than men die of penile cancer. If parents cut off their daughter's labia, she will never get cancer of the labia.
"Nevertheless, because this disease (penile cancer) is rare and occurs later in life, the use of circumcision as a preventive practice is not justified." - American Medical Association. Report 10 of the Council on Scientific Affairs (I-99), Neonatal Circumcision. http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/article/2036-2511.html
American Medical Association. Report 10 of the Council on Scientific Affairs (I-99), Neonatal Circumcision. http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/13585.html