Geoff Hinchley, accident and emergency consultant at Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust, said there is rarely a medical justification for infant male circumcision.
He says the popularity of the practice is mainly due to religion and tradition, and young boys should receive the same protection from circumcision as young girls.
“The law and principles pertaining to child protection should apply equally to both sexes, so why do society and the medical profession collude with this unnecessary mutilating practice,” he asked.
But in the same article the British Medical Journal’s Kirsten Patrick argued that male circumcision offers health benefits, and few risks providing it is done properly.
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