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Article: GROWING DEBATE PROMPTS CIRCUMCISION STUDY.(Main)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- February 1, 1988
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Byline: Robert Lindsey New York Times
Pamela and David Maier are expecting their first child in six months. Besides choosing a name for their new baby, the Maiers face another difficult decision: If it's a boy, should he be circumcised?
For most of this century, according to medical researchers, most American parents unquestioningly accepted the notion that newborn boys should be circumcised, a medical operation with its basis in biblical times that has become the most common surgical procedure in the country.
But, in a sometimes rancorous dispute among physicians that is perplexing many couples awaiting a birth, the procedure is coming under ...