By the turn of the century, in both America and Great Britain, infant circumcision was nearly universally recommended.

This controversy also ignited a discussion over his stance on infant circumcision.

Specific medical arguments aside, several hypotheses have been raised in explaining the public's acceptance of infant circumcision as preventive medicine.

All About the Baby, a popular parenting book of the 1890s, recommended infant circumcision for precisely this purpose.

The incidence of male non-therapeutic infant circumcision varies widely by region.

There are still many people who like to pretend that infant circumcision and genital mutilation are not the same thing.

Thousands of people believe, against all logic and reason, that male infant circumcision is somehow not genital mutilation.

Physical merits and demerits aside, infant circumcision has had a profound psychological impact on many men.

The frenulum is often crushed and cut away, or broken during infant circumcisions.

Many parents now make decisions about infant circumcision based on cultural, religious, or parental desires rather than health concerns [38].