The practice is declining as old myths about cleanliness, STDs, etc., have been debunked. This is a Newsweek article which may be of interest:
Circumcision Rate in the U.S. Declines as Attitudes Change (1) - Businessweek
Basically, about 55% of male babies are circumcised now, compared with 65% a couple of decades ago.
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Personally, I think circumcision is a decision the government should have no part in; that said, I did not allow my own son to be circumcised. Circumcision was not part of his father's family customs, and I was grateful because I do view it as a genital mutilation on an infant, a process that sometimes goes horribly and irrevocably awry. Any unnecessary cutting procedure on a newborn has risks, and I personally would prefer children are allowed to make their own decision once they are grown. Once the decision has been made for them, it cannot be undone.
Yes, I also abhor piercings on infants, although a pinhole in the earlobe will heal, but a foreskin is not going to grow back.
That said, it is also a religious custom, and as such it should never be outlawed by any government because it would infringe on the religious freedoms of its populace. It does seem odd to me, however, that God would carefully fashion a perfectly nice foreskin, then command his followers to lop it off at birth! :lol: People do seem to become rabid on both sides whenever this issues comes up... no pun intended, lol!