From CIRCUMCISION: Did you know?
"The debate about neonatal circumcision is over. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), neonatal circumcision is the result of ignorance, bad medical practice and American social and cultural pressure. Regarding the three most commonly cited justifications for neonatal circumcision (penile cancer, venereal disease and penile hygiene), the AAP now states that the benefits are negligible, which means that the majority of American men are walking around without foreskins for no good reason."
whoops, I guess the ink wasn't even dry on their statement. Further, this new info adds a whole new spin on: Circumcision battle lands parents of eight-year-old in US court. I'm sure the mother will be thankful for the tip (intended).
Over and over again the genital mutilation lobby trots out these flimsy African analyses and hypothetical projections, but I've yet to hear an explanation as to why they're ignoring the massive real-life experiment that's already been conducted between the US and the EU, wherein the US has ended up with four times the HIV rate despite over a hundredfold greater rate of circumcision..
PS. And that's even disregarding the fact that a greater proportion of HIV cases in the EU is the result of IV drug use than HIV in the United States.