The circumcision decision in the U.S. is emerging as a cultural ritual rather than the result of medical misunderstanding among parents. Long-Term Adverse Outcomes Poor surgical result is not recognized until years later. When sexually functioning tissue is removed, sexual functioning is altered.
Infant circumcision causes severe, persistent pain.
When an infant is subjected to intolerable, overwhelming pain, it conceptualizes mother as participatory and responsible regardless of mother s intent. Not one confirmed UTI case in a normal male infant. Antimicrobial management of UTI in infants is routine and outcome generally good. It must be recognized that the child is normal as born and that circumcision inflicts loss of a normal body part and leaves a scar. This is contrary to the motto of medicine, First Do No Harm.