if a pinprick on a girl's genitals is illegal, why aren't boys protected?
No-one complained when female circumcision was made illegal, even though some people regard it as their religious right or duty to cut their daughters.
It's illegal to cut off a girl's prepuce, or to make any incision on a girl's genitals, even if no tissue is removed. Even a pinprick is banned. Why don't boys get the same protection? Except in very rare medical circumstances, everyone should be able to decide for themselves whether or not they want parts of their genitals cut off. It's *their* body.
The "widely-acknowledged benefits of circumcision" only seem to be apparent to the AAP btw. Other national medical organizations recommend against neonatal circumcision. It's really easy to find circumcised doctors who are against the practice, but surprisingly difficult to find male doctors in favor of circumcision who weren't cut themselves as children.
