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So you agree that when the AAP changed their guidelines (which still fall short of actually recommending circumcision) it was simply commentary and opinion?  You can't have it both ways.[/quote]

And they changed those guidelines suspiciously after insurance companies and then Medicaid stop covering the procedure.  I find it suspicious.  It's pretty easy money for hospitals.  But of course, if fewer insurance companies cover it and certainly if Medicaid stops covering, fewer people will get it done, and the hospitals lose another source of revenue.

And for the argument of one poster that the poor will "suffer" more because they won't circumcise their boys, there are lots of people all over the world who don't circumcise their children.  As long as they boys are taught to clean the area, it isn't an issue.  (Of course, in areas of the world where lack of clean water affects hygiene in general, then yeah, it might increase infection.)

I find it disingenuous to argue that an increase in HIV transmission is due to fewer circumcisions.  The medical community should focus on safe sex, condom usage, et cetera, as the strategy for reducing the transmission of HIV.  It is misleading to suggest to parents that circumcision give protection against HIV, as that gives a false sense of security.

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