Studiennotizen verringern die Beliebtheit der Beschneidung in den USA
https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2025/09/17/circumcision-rates-decline-United-States-mistrust-doctors/5851758118319/
Studiennotizen verringern die Beliebtheit der Beschneidung in den USA
https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2025/09/17/circumcision-rates-decline-United-States-mistrust-doctors/5851758118319/
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I’ve linked to the news release in the post above. In this comment, for those interested, here’s the link to the peer reviewed journal article:
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/article-abstract/2838312
From the linked article:
Study notes decrease in popularity of circumcision in United States
Circumcision rates have declined significantly in the United States, driven in part by parents‘ distrust of medical advice, a new study says.
Circumcision of newborn boys declined from 54% to 49% between 2012 and 2022, according to records from more than 1.5 million U.S. male births.
>“Based on our findings, we believe that multiple factors may contribute to the decline in the number of neonates circumcised,“ co-senior researcher Dr. Aaron Tobian, a professor of pathology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, said in a news release.
>The sort of distrust that’s led to vaccine skepticism and hesitancy is likely one of those factors, researchers said.
>“Despite overwhelming evidence that neonatal male circumcisions provide health benefits, increasing public skepticism in the United States toward medical recommendations may be driving more parents to choose not to have their sons get circumcised,“ Tobian said.
I really dislike this framing. I feel our decision to not circumcise was based on medical advice and recommendations from reputable, credible international and national organizations. Just not exclusively and entirely based on what a couple specific US based orgs and agencies may have recommended.
This article is misleading in how they represent the WHO. The WHO and UNAIDS only recommend male circumcision in their HIV prevention package which was geared towards areas with a high risk of HIV (namely Eastern and Southern Africa). This is *not* a universal recommendation.
I could not find any major medical bodies that recommend routine circumcisions in the West, and several bodies such as the AAP and Canadian Paediatric Society explicitly say that they do not recommend it. Some European bodies explicitly advise against routine circumcision for males unless medically necessary.
Disregarding the usual Reddit tilting about circumcision, it simply isn’t medically necessary for most men, the history of circumcision in the US generally stems from religious purity culture, and decisions for elective surgeries should be left to the individual for when they’re adults.
Nope. I’m not going to do it. I will not be pulled into this debate again. Circumcised at birth. Very happy about. Done.
You know what else prevents HIV? Condoms. And not only are they several times more effective, they also don’t involve violating an infant’s bodily autonomy and disfiguring their genitals.
If you want to measure the *real* popularity of circumcision, count only the adult men choosing to have themselves circumcised, not those choosing to do it to babies.
I am glad it’s decreasing. I won’t circumcise my son if I ever have one. Millions upon millions of European men are doing just fine, rarely if ever have issues being uncircumcised, and are somehow managing the _really simple_ task of keeping themselves clean.
There is no good reason to _proactively_ do it. If a need arises, do it then. But issues are so rare it doesn’t justify routinely doing it to everyone.
Yea I am not an antivax, distrust in healthcare kind of guy. I personally just think chopping of a piece of a baby’s bits as soon they are born is simply weird, and wish someone had given me a say in the matter. Simply teaching your child to wash properly eliminates any and all issues related to infections. Shocking I know.
I’m sure demographics play a role too. A growing number of kids born here are born to parents from cultures where circumcision is rarer.