Most parents are unaware of the details of this procedure. Circumcision is extremely painful and traumatic for a baby. Just being strapped down is frightening for an infant. The often-repeated statement that babies can t feel pain is false. Babies are as sensitive to pain as anyone else.
Most babies scream frantically when the foreskins are cut off.
Some defecate, others lapse into a coma. The reason some babies don t cry when they are circumcised is that they can t cry because they are in a state of shock. Most babies are circumcised without pain relief. And if analgesia is used, the outcome is still the same the boy is robbed of healthy and functional tissue for life. During infancy, the foreskin is attached to the glans and protects it from urine, feces, and abrasion from diapers.