Not to reopen the circumcision wars of blogging years past, but I thought I'd note this Los Angeles Times feature on the evolving debate over the practice, which reports that just 56 percent of newborns were circumcised in 2005, compared to 85 percent in 1965. Today's parents are weighing some limited evidence that circumcision could prevent the spread of HIV against an overall preference for less invasive surgeries.
--Dana Goldstein
