http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_New...ion_case/3792/
Now if they would just let every baby boy make their own decision as to if they want to get circumcised or not, it would be perfect. And since they aren't able to make that decision as infants, everyone should have to wait until they are 18 or if medically necessary to get this procedure done. In 1996, congress passed a law barring any form of female circumcision, even for religious reasons (the extreme being worse than male circumcision, but the minor FGM was about the same as male circumcision). Now if they would just make that apply to any baby, male or female, it is the way it should be.
And circumcision rates vary across this country, and in the west the circumcised ones are the minority. It is the irrational fear that other guys will tease the uncut ones, or the father is circumcised so the kid should be too that keeps it going. But that hardly ever happens, and if it did, it is probably because the circumcised guy is just jealous that the uncut guy has something that he doesn't have.
With everyone looking to save money everywhere now, I'm surprised that the private health insurance doesn't cut it as a benefit. I would bet a national health insurance plan wouldn't pay for it, because it doesn't for routine circumcision in countries that already have a national health care system.