Circumcising a baby violates his right to keep his body normal and intact. There is no valid medical reason to circumcise a baby. Amputating a baby9s foreskin robs him of uniquely specialized protective and erogenous tissue. Circumcision is a sexual mutilation. Like any other surgery, circumcision has risks, including excessive bleeding, infection and even death.
Few parents are aware of the harm caused by circumcision.
The infant is unable at this vulnerable age to state his own wishes or protect himself. We seek to protect the rights of all infants and children to bodily integrity. Our position statement is gender-neutral. We inform the public about both female and male genital mutilation and speak out against all forms of genital mutilation of children. However, in our work we focus primarily on the circumcision of infant males, because the overwhelming majority of circumcisions performed in our country are performed on infant males.