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A Forward analysis of government data shows that 87% of the baby boys born in West Virginia were circumcised in 2009. Two thousand miles west, in Nevada, the procedure was performed on only 12% of ...

The African nation of Kenya is attempting to get more than 1 million men between the ages of 15 and 49 circumcised by the end of 2013. If successful, this could be a groundbreaking effort in the fight ...

A study released recently shows that boys are dropping out primary school in droves after undergoing circumcision in Igembe district. In the study titled Drop Out Among Male Pupils in Primary Schools ...

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A science teacher has lost his bid to be reinstated after being fired for carrying out circumcision procedures on two 14-year-old boys in a classroom. The Cape man was undone by an incident involving ...

It is a ritual of paramount importance among Jews of all types and in all times. For 3,500 years, the link between the Jewish people and their God has been symbolized by the Berit Mila — the rite of ...

Male circumcision is the surgical removal of some or all of the foreskin (or prepuce) from the penis. The origins of circumcision are unknown, and probably predate written history, but the practice is ...