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Revising its policy on circumcision for the first time in 13 years, the American Academy of Pediatrics now says that the preventative health benefits of infant circumcision clearly outweigh the risks.

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Benefits of infant circumcision outweigh risks, top pediatrics group saysupdated: Mon Aug 27 2012 09:04:00

Scientific evidence shows that the health benefits of circumcising baby boys outweigh the risks, America's top pediatrics group said Monday.

California governor signs law preventing male circumcision banupdated: Sun Oct 02 2011 20:17:00

California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law Sunday a bill that prevents local governments from banning the practice of male circumcision.

San Francisco judge removes circumcision ban from ballotupdated: Fri Jul 29 2011 11:21:00

San Francisco residents will not be voting on whether male circumcisions should be banned in the city this fall.

Circumcision: Who makes the call to cut?updated: Wed Jun 15 2011 09:48:00

CNN's LZ Granderson looks at a ballot initative in San Francisco that would ban circumcision on boys younger than 18.

Ban circumcision? Why not ear piercing?updated: Wed Jun 15 2011 09:48:00

A San Francisco-based advocacy group known as Male Genital Mutilation Bill has collected enough signatures on its petition to ban circumcision that the proposal will appear on the city's November electoral ballot.

Parents, not government, should decide on circumcisionupdated: Wed Jun 08 2011 12:04:00

Just so I'm clear, the state of California is broke, right?

2010: Fighting AIDS with circumcisionupdated: Thu Apr 21 2011 07:30:00

In South Africa, a Zulu King is reviving the tradition of male circumcision in an effort to fight the spread of HIV.

Should teens make circumcision decision?updated: Fri Apr 15 2011 06:19:00

Fifty-one years ago, Frank lost something he considers valuable. It was his foreskin, and Frank would like it back.

'Intactivists' to San Francisco: Ban circumcisionupdated: Fri Nov 19 2010 12:40:00

In the California city that banned Happy Meal toys,outlawed sitting on sidewalks during daylight hours and fined residents for not sorting garbage into recycling, compost and trash, Lloyd Schofield wants to add a new law to the books in San Francisco: A ban on all male circumcisions.

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