Studies abound but are often contradictory.
It is an issue that is particularly American. Although Jewish and Islamic males throughout the world undergo circumcision as a ritual, males of other faiths outside the U.S. are almost without exception uncircumcised. And most U.S. physicians agree that circumcision is culturally, rather than medically, indicated. Anticircumcision groups have sprung up, the largest of which is Nocirc, founded by Marilyn Milos, a California nurse. The talk focuses on reams of conflicting data, often from eminent sources.