circumcision
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Who can blame the infant, even one so tender and mild, for squawking during his circumcision?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
A jury inquest which concluded on 8 October 2025 found the medical cause of death to be an "invasive streptococcus pyogenes infection following male circumcision".
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2026
Indeed, the Danish paper describes the idea that boys undergoing circumcision invariably are given acetaminophen for pain as “a questionable assumption.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2025
"A more recent review of studies in this area finds no association between circumcision and any adverse psychological effects," he added.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2025
In Xhosa tradition, this is achieved through one means only: circumcision.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
He also said that Belgium’s health minister, whom he called “very rude”, should change the law to allow mohels to perform circumcisions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
Assistant coroner Anton van Dellen wrote a prevention of future deaths report in which he called for action over the lack of safety and regulatory measures surrounding non-therapeutic male circumcisions.
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2026
The reason, its authors wrote, was that “we had no data available on analgesics or possible local anesthetics used during ritual circumcisions in our cohort, so we were unable to address the paracetamol hypothesis directly.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2025
Bullock’s attorneys also noted that while baptisms were banned, there was no prohibition on Jewish circumcisions or on daycare workers and doctors holding infants.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 11, 2020
That’s because the circumcisions don’t take place every year.
From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola
