"It to be a brutal, painful and inhumane act. Parents do not have the right to make such an alteration to any child's body, male or female. That is something for them to decide when they are older. We are merely the guardian/custodian of our child's body, not its owner.

A circumcision takes anywhere from 12 - 20 minutes, and 1/3 to 1/2 of TOTAL penile skin is removed. There is also considerable evidence that babies experience extreme pain and stress during a circumcision which, unfortunately, is performed the majority of the time without any anesthesia whatsoever. A recent poll of Doctors that preform circumcisions showed that only 45% used any kind of pain relief. This is even after the American Academy of Pediatrics, in their March 1999 Circumcision Policy, stated that analgesia has been found to be safe and effective in reducing the pain associated with circumcision, and should be provided if the procedure is performed.

In cases when anesthesia is given it isn't always effecti

The practice should be made illegal. But it won't because unlike female genital mutilation, male genital mutilation is our barbarism.

The United States is the only country in the world that circumcises most of its male infants for non-religious reasons.

I don't understand why we still circumcise babies. It is unnatural, painful, and completely useless. It reduces sensitivity and can leave complications like scars. I wish I was given the choice to be circumcised.

!2 minutes is an eternity when pain is involved!

For a baby? From where abortion is murder!

It appears to be the default position for hospitals! Why not the other bits and pieces that were thought to have no function?