SJS -“However, I have yet to see really balanced information from either side.”
That’s because you haven’t looked at the research papers, yet. They are a little bit complicated for the non-medical professional like you, but I think you can manage.
“What I want to know is what parent here would want their child to go through an uneccesary medical procedure that, while having small benefits, has uneccesary risks associate with it as well?”
Because a lot of the benefits aren’t small. It could very well save this male’s life later on.
“Just understand that there are many people who are MEDICALLY opposed to routine circumcision.”
Just you understand that they are fooling themselves. The benefits to circumcise outweigh any risks innvolved!