If I had a boy I'd be reluctant to have him circumcised after birth. I view it as an old world type of mutilation. Many years ago it may have been effective for disease prevention but modern hygiene practices pretty much make this obsolete. At least the way I see it.
Well, maybe this bit of news would influence my decision.....????
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050925/ap_on_he_me/south_africa_aids_4
"S. African AIDS Expert Urges Circumcision"
"Francois Venter told a congress of health activists in the Treatment Action Campaign that a recent survey in the Soweto township indicated that circumcised men were 65 percent less likely to contract AIDS than those who had not been circumcised.
"We dream of a vaccine which has this efficacy," said Venter, clinical director of the Reproductive Health and
HIV Research at the University of Witwatersrand. "The results are phenomenal." "