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circumcision

[sur-kuhm-sizh-uhn] / ˌsɜr kəmˈsɪʒ ən /


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He insists the row was not serious enough to dent his "amazing relationship" with Belgium -- throwing in a mildly off-colour joke about circumcision to drive home the point.

From Barron's Apr. 21, 2026

In Belgium, circumcision is legal “when performed by a qualified physician under strict health and safety standards,” Prévot wrote on X.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 17, 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

To summarize, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s top federal healthcare official, conjured up a connection between circumcision and autism via a relationship between circumcision and Tylenol that is unsupported by the research he cited.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 14, 2025

I watched in shock as Muhammad was forced into circumcision.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat

White, in his Newsmax interview, raised the case of an investigation in Antwerp into circumcisions by a small number of mohels, Jewish specialists who 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

He even took arms against the Murdoch-owned New York Post, which posted its story with the headline, “RFK Jr. says Tylenol after circumcisions linked to autism,” and proceeded to debunk the claim.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 14, 2025

King Edmonds said she is not Jewish, but decided to use a mohel, a person who performs circumcisions in the Jewish faith, to perform the procedure in her home.

From Fox News Jan. 7, 2020

The next morning my brothers, who had healed from their circumcisions, were happy that I was going to school with them.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat




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