When the time comes to decide whether or not a child will be circumcised … how do parents choose? The answer is not only answered medically but culturally. It’s a small surgical procedure, but one ...

George Washington’s letter to the Jews of Newport, R.I., has occasioned a fair amount of discussion of late. When it comes to our colonial patrimony or birthright, though, the Seixas family ...

Madam, - As an American who gave birth to a son in Dublin three-and-half years ago I found it a bit surprising at the time that… Madam, - As an American who gave birth to a son in Dublin ...

Circumcision marks the transition from childhood into adulthood - at least traditionally. Some communities in Kenya still circumcise boys above ten years old and teach them tenets of their community.

Male infants and boys through early adolescence can undergo circumcision either for the sake of upholding religious traditions or for medical reasons. According to both, Jewish as well as Islamic ...

Controversial plans to class procedure as potential child abuse in latest guidelines for England and Wales dropped ...

New parents generally have questions. Among them may be whether to circumcise their newborn son. “Depending on a person’s background or culture, they may already know what they will choose,” said ...

After US Ambassador to Belgium Bill White accused his host country of antisemitism over its laws regulating circumcision, the Belgian government found itself embroiled in a very public argument. White ...

A culture consultant, Mrs Oluwanisola Babatunde, on Tuesday advised Africans to stop the ancient habit of female circumcision and giving tribal marks on children. Tribal marks on children should be ...

Without social pressure, most people give little thought to male circumcision. This simple surgical procedure removes the foreskin, a hood of skin covering the head of the resting (flaccid) penis. But ...

“We respect science honestly, but we do not support what science brings to finish us, to defile our cultures, defile our rights.” — Prince Hillary Maloba — against Mass Circumcision Health policy or ...