Male Circumcision

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The paper provides a short history of male circumcision and its present day status in the world. It then provides a thorough examination of the arguments for and against circumcision. The paper shows that arguments for circumcision are the health benefits such as the reduction of HIV and penile cancer. Those against male circumcision claim that it is traumatic for the baby and that there is no evidence of health benefits.

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"Even though genital mutilation of females under the age of 18 is now a felony crime in the United States, after over 20 years of debate, boys however, are apparently not entitled to equal protection. "This entire legal interpretation, aside from being in conflict with common sense, as well as British and American common law, is also in conflict with existing international law." In the United Nations, the National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers has acknowledged that male infant circumcision is, in fact, a form of child abuse. NOCIRC also presents information that male infant circumcision is clearly in violation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, as well as the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights."

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