My suggestion would be to read up on the pros and cons and the potential long term problems of either choice. Make your decision on as much information as you can get, medical and anecdotal. Good luck.

I vote no. Unless there's a medical reason for doing so, circumcision is pointless.

Here is what I would recommend. Since this is a health issue, yourself how it is handled in Western Europe? They live longer, happier lives and spend half of what we do on health care costs. (Answer: they don't promote it).

Really the only reason for circumcision is cosmetic. My son is not. I just had to teach him how to make sure it is clean. The doctor advised me to make sure the head pops out when he was younger. Nature put the foreskin there to protect the head of the penis why muck with.

I had my children at home and didn't have my son circumcised, considering it child abuse. There is no good reason to do this to an innocent newborn baby.

As for women's reproductive rights, if men could get pregnant and would take care of a child for 18 years while trying to work and keep up the housework, then he could have a say. Otherwise, no.

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This is not something I would inflict on an infant. It is mutilation plain and simple. Like religion it should be undertaken voluntarily when one is an adult. Parents do not have the right to disfigure their children male or female any more than indoctrinate them with religion.

it damages the nerves and can lead to less feeling during sex . There are a few instances where the penis is born with defects that need surgery but a healthy penis does not need the procedure

I was circumcised as a baby. I seriously doubt I would have it done now if I had the choice, unless there was a valid medical reason.

Occasionally for medical reasons, but do any other male mammals need to get circumcised? Or female for that matter? I was done and would love to sue my parents and all involved, my son wasn't and is thankful.

I was with someone who said that not being circumcised made sex much more pleasurable. Not that you can compare if you only know one way or another. But he certainly was happy that his parents made the decision not to circumcise him (it's interesting that you have to make the decision NOT to do something, since doing it seems to have been the default for so many years).

No. It's not medically needed and it's cutting off nerves the penis looses sensitivity because of it. I don't believe in Clitoridectomy or clitorectomy, what makes it ok for me to make a choice like that for my child?

Also as father neither of my two boys are NOT circumcised and we have never had a problem health wise.

We considered the religious aspect as we were both identifying as Christian at the time, but decided against it based upon the ideology of why it even existed in the first place, coupled with there being no medical value.. we just couldn't cut part of our sons dick off.. if that makes sense.

It seems an unfair decision to make for someone who has no say in the matter.

Like many issues, there are a lot of opinions on male circumcision and minimal solid facts.

The world health organization's medical department recommends male circumcision for much of the 3rd world, clearly medical professionals think there's SOME utility in male circumcision. If you demand a source here, I'll give it. If you're particularly antagonistic about it, please prepare to apologize for being an ass.

From personal anecdotal experience in Northern Africa, hygiene there isn't stressed nor is daily bathing even possible.

Obviously the USA is much different than 3rd world countries. I won't have children of my own, but if I adopted a boy, I wouldn't have him circumcised.

I didn't want my sons circumcised, I didn't see the need; I considered it to be an outdated concept, one that would eventually break out of social norms; my wife's concern was that she didn't want them to be different from other kids, but the move away from circumcision was already happening, so that will likely become the norm.

I think circumcision is one of those things that future generations will read about and ask "WTF were they thinking!?"

There have been several posts on this. The statistics show that America has an extremely high male circumcision rate, totally unrelated to medical necessity. It is overwhelmingly cultural/religious or both. Don't do it.

No!! There is NO need for this.

There are no sound medical reasons for circumcision, and as it is practiced on newborns, no consent can be given. It’s a barbaric practice, and should be outlawed.

I'm not circumcised, and my parents made that decision to hide the fact that i was Jewish, a very common act for Holocaust survivors.

As for whether a parent should or shouldn't there are good reasons on both sides of the debate.

But cleanliness may be the deciding factor, because that is a critical issue for an uncircumcised male.

If you don't think you can teach your son to keep his penis super-clean for the rest of his life, you better have him circumcised. As has already been mentioned, if you leave your child uncircumcised, you better convince him that if he doesn't keep himself clean, he consequences could be tragic, just sexually or even mortally. Start early and do it a lot. Men can also get yeast infections, by the way.

My mother made sure that the lesson was repeated daily, just like brushing after every meal. That attitude was reinforced as a teen in my biology class with photos; those of infections certainly governed my obsession with cleanliness for the rest of my life.

So whatever you decide, make sure it is in the best interests of your little boy, because he will have to live with your decision for the rest of his life, like everything else you do to or for him. [primehealthchannel.com]

A boy's foreskin can promote disease. I support the removal of everything humans have that promote disease. One eye, lung, and kidney should be removed, a girl's uterus, cervix, and ovaries, and a boy's prostate, foreskin, and testicles. Removing only the foreskin is not protecting the child enough.

Alternatively, let the person decide what gets removed after they understand the reasons, risks, and following their informed consent.