Circumcision comment

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The non-therapeutic surgical amputation of the foreskin that is called "circumcision" is very similar to battery. It has elicited comments from a wide variety of parties on the Internet that reflect a variety of opinions.

Collected comments

• Poole, Glen (9 September 2014). Why it’s rational to say circumcision is worse than FGM, https://www.inside-man.co.uk, Inside MAN. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
  Quote: And so to ritual circumcision, a practice that’s often viewed as benign and even beneficial, but in reality is a medically unnecessary practice that is both painful and dangerous and can cause discomfort, disease, deformity, disability and sometimes death.
• Goldman R. Circumcision: Over 100 Known Complications and Risks, https://circumcision.org/, Circumcision Resource Center. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  Quote: Complications and risks are much more numerous than most doctors know or disclose

Here are 127.

• Wondracz, Aidan (9 December 2021). Parents are warned against circumcising their children after a toddler, 2, died 'of a reaction to anaesthetic' and his baby brother almost bled out, https://www.dailymail.co.uk, Daily Mail. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  Quote: A top doctor has warned parents to carefully consider the risks of circumcising their child after a two-year-old boy died and his baby brother almost bled out. WA Australian Medical Association president Mark Duncan-Smith urged parents to only follow through with the procedure if there was a valid medical reason.

• Simone, Judy (31 January 2025). What is circumcision?, https://intaction.org/, Intaction. Retrieved 14 January 2026.

• Troy, Louise (8 December 2025). Male Circumcision Without Medical Need: Trauma, Grief & Societal Silence, https://15square.org.uk, 15 Square. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
  Quote: From a medical-ethics perspective non-therapeutic surgeries on children violate core principles: any medical intervention should be in the patient’s best interest.