Should circumcision be illegal?

[The Industrial Atheist]

There's a general consensus that flu shots and orthodontics are necessary or at least do more good than harm. This isn't the case with circumcision except in certain cases.

In what way?  Please, by all means, be specific.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24899259

RESULTS:

Approximately one-third (33.2%) of the respondents reported that their current perspective was that the medical benefits outweigh the risks associated with newborn male circumcision and less than one-third (31.1%) reported they would recommend the procedure when counseling parents.
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In terms of orthodontics you won't get Orthodontists saying braces don't do more good than harm. At least when they are necessary. But people don't put braces on newborn babies, or even 10 year olds without a good reason.

With the flu shot, it's just basic science. If the flu shot makes you sick, I won't make you get a flu shot. But reams of study show that it is helpful. It's a real thing.

With circumcision, it's basically: 1)All that skin is nasty yo 2)it helps prevent std's (there are better ways that don't involve permanent body alteration 3)Hygiene (just pull it back and clean it and you're fine)

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