SJS -“And the benefits to routine circumcision are extremely small, the AAP has put out a statement for over ten years now that routine circumcision isn’t recommended.”
This statement is absolutely false. You obviously got it from one of those anti-circumcision sites. While it’s true that the AAP doesn’t recommend pro or against, if you look at the medical articles you would see benefits outweigh the risks. Now I can understand why the AAP remains neutral because they don’t want to get involved in politics, but if you would add everything up from preventing diseases- you see the benefits outweigh the risks. There are articles that circumcision prevents HIV and cancer. In case you don’t know, these diseases have a high incidence of death.
So it is an absolute lie that medically it’s better not to circumcize than yes. Even the ones from the Anti group who aren’t anti-semitic are probably against circumcision because of pain. But anyone claiming it’s not a good idea medically and therefore it should be banned, is either sadly misinformed or lying to themselves and everyone else too!