Circumcision means cutting off the foreskin or ring of tissue that covers the head of the penis.
If you decide to have your newborn son circumcised, it is usually done the day he goes home from the hospital. Fewer children in the U.S. are being circumcised now than several years ago. The following information should help you decide what is best for your son. Followers of the Jewish and Moslem faiths perform circumcision for religious reasons. Nonreligious circumcision became popular in English-speaking countries between 1920 and 1950.