Reply #19: The stats are interesting...

[MrPrax]

Not sure about the rest of the site...it seems to be against circumsion...

–Canada: <17% overall in 1996-97, with large regional variations.
–U.S.: 57.2% circumcised before leaving hospital in 1998.
–Australia: 12.1% circumcised in 2000.

The huge discrepency at first glance would seem to be Australia and Canada have single payer medical systems and the US doesn't. Circumsion in Canada is optional -- you have to pay for it. It's not covered and for good reason -- it's not necessary.

In the US, it would seem that the medical industry is still using fear tactics to 'lard' out the maternity bill with unnecessary surguries. It's nuts to expose a newborn to unnecessary surgery that simply overloads their little immune systems...primitive.