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BERLIN (Reuters) - Jewish and Muslim groups protested on Wednesday after a German court banned the circumcision of young boys for religious reasons in the first ruling of its kind in the country. The ...

Social worker Shannon Coyne poses for a portrait with her 11-month-old son in Philadelphia. Coyne and her husband decided against circumcision for their son. The nation's most influential ...

For many couples, having a baby is a spiritual experience. For Jews, there's another, religious, element that is intrinsic to the Jewish identity. Nearly all Jewish parents have their baby boys ...

Norway will not introduce a ban on the non-medical circumcision of boys, the country’s foreign minister said. “The position of the government has been and will remain clear: It will not propose a ban ...

Nature does exquisite work. Behold: the foreskin. Not mine, which was cut off on my eighth day of life outside the womb, and probably not yours, because the circumcision rate in the U. S. is estimated ...

Norway will promote new legislation to “regulate ritual circumcision,” the country’s health minister said. Minister Bent Hoie said the new legislation on non-medical circumcision of boys under 18 will ...

Fistula, usually occurring in women due to difficult labour, is increasingly being reported in young boys circumcised within the national HIV control programme. Last year, the US President’s Emergency ...

A man and woman are accused of performing a circumcision on a boy at home, leading to him needing medical treatment. Getty Images Getty Images/iStockphoto Two people are charged with child abuse after ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics on Monday announced its first major shift on circumcision in more than a decade, concluding that the health benefits of the procedure clearly outweigh any risks.