September 30, 2009
NORTH CAROLINA: "God said circumcise my sons with box cutter" - polygamist
September 30, 2009
September 29, 2009
September 28, 2009
September 28, 2009
September 26, 2009
September 24, 2009
September 18, 2009
September 14, 2009
September 11, 2009
September 9, 2009
September 11, 2009
SYDNEY: Physicians discourage circumcision, Morris - surprise! - demurs
September 9, 2009
LONDON: Verdict; baby died of 'natural causes' after circumcision
September 8, 2009
LONDON: More than two boys a week nearly die of circumcision
September 8, 2009
September 7, 2009
LONDON: "Highly likely" baby died within minutes of circumcision, inquest told
September 5, 2009
September 3, 2009
September 3, 2009
September 3, 2009
August 29, 2009
JOHANNESBERG: Elders vow to "get rid of" circumcison opponents
August 27, 2009
SYDNEY: Australian physicians move one small step towards completely voluntary circumcison
August 27, 2009
ATLANTA: Circumcision will be 'completely voluntary' - CDC (Hooray!)
August 26, 2009
August 25, 2009
August 24, 2009
ATLANTA: Circumcision doesn't protect Men who have Sex with Men (Surprise!)
August 24, 2009
August 18, 2009
August 18, 2009
August 17, 2009
BIRMINGHAM: Doctor rapped for circumcision without proper consent
August 5, 2009
STOCKHOLM: Omskärelse inte riskfritt - läkarna / Circumcision not risk-free - doctors
August 15, 2009
HOUSTON: Mother who wanted circumcision convicted for castration
August 15, 2009
EASTERN CAPE: Officials traumatised by circumcisions botched by 14-year-olds
August 15, 2009
August 12, 2009
August 10, 2009
August 10, 2009
August 10, 2009
August 8, 2009
August 5, 2009
August 5, 2009
August 4, 2009
August 3, 2009
August 2, 2009
August 1, 2009
July 30, 2009
July 29, 2009
July 28, 2009
July 25, 2009
July 25, 2009
SOUTH AFRICA: Circumcision was not part of dead initiate's custom
July 23, 2009
July 21, 2009
July 17, 2009
July 16, 2009
UGANDA: Women at up to 50% more HIV risk from circumcised men
July 14, 2009
July 14, 2009
July 12, 2009
July 9, 2009
July 10, 2009
July 10, 2009
July 9, 2009
PRETORIA: E Cape circumcision toll tops 40
[and 140 in hospital]
July 7, 2009
July 6, 2009
July 5, 2009
July 4, 2009
July 2, 2009
July 1, 2009
July 1, 2009
July 12, 2009
July 9, 2009
July 10, 2009
July 10, 2009
July 9, 2009
PRETORIA: E Cape circumcision toll tops 40
[and 140 in hospital]
July 7, 2009
July 6, 2009
July 5, 2009
July 4, 2009
July 2, 2009
July 1, 2009
July 1, 2009
June 30, 2009
HERTS*, U K: Man circumcises himself with nail-clippers
*Where else?
June 24, 2009
June 28, 2009
June 25, 2009
June 22, 2009
NEW YORK: Anti-FGC campaigner spreads her net to change US mindset
June 22, 2009
June 19, 2009
June 18, 2009
June 18, 2009
June 14, 2009
June 11, 2009
Zimbabwe | ||
HIV Rates: |
Circumcised men aged 20-49 | 20% | Intact men aged 20-49 | 19% |
Source: www.measuredhs.com | ||
June 10, 2009
Swaziland | ||
HIV Rates: |
Circumcised men | 21.8% | Intact men | 19.5% |
Source: www.measuredhs.com | ||
June 8, 2009
June 7, 2009
MELBOURNE: College of Physicians tipped to stand by its policy against circumcision
June 2, 2009
June 2, 2009
May 27, 2009
May 28, 2009
May 24, 2009
SYDNEY: Arch-circumcisionist Morris calls for compulsory circumcision
May 27, 2009
May 12, 2009
NORTH CAROLINA: Bigamist who circumcised sons to be charged (but what with?)
May 7, 2009
BOTSWANA: Mass circumcision plan - 77 doctor-years to be wasted
April 24, 2009
NAIROBI, KENYA: Man forcibly circumcised: betrayed after years of blackmail
April 22, 2009
April 23, 2009
SASKATOON: No more circumcisions at main childbirth hospital
April 22, 2009
April 19, 2009
UGANDA: Circumcision should not replace more effective HIV prevention
April 19, 2009
STOCKHOLM: Boys injured more than usual by delisted circumcisor
April 15, 2009
April 13, 2009
April 12, 2009
April 11, 2009
April 11, 2009
April 8, 2009
April 8, 2009
March 31, 2009
March 27, 2009
March 26, 2009
UGANDA: Recycled HIV study generates HSV-, HPV-circumcision propaganda
March 13, 2009
March 16, 2009
March 5, 2009
CANADA: Topical anaesthetic EMLA linked to serious side effects
March 14, 2009
March 12, 2009
SOUTH AFRICA: Youth loses leg, toes after botched circumcision
March 3, 2009
UGANDA: Health Ministry sceptical of circumcision-HIV connection
March 2, 2009
NEW YORK: New Web Site Promotes Myths About Circumcision and HIV
February 26, 2009
February 13, 2009
WASHINGTON DC: African women defend FGC by comparison with MGC
February , 2009
KENYA: "Being circumcised means never having to wear a condom"
February 13, 2009
February 12, 2009
Rwanda | ||
HIV Rates: |
Circumcised men | 3.8% | Intact men | 2.1% |
Women | 3.6% |
2005 Demographic and Health Survey (p 10/17) | ||
February 11, 2009
February 8, 2009
February 4, 2009
January 30, 2009
January 27, 2009
January 23, 2009
January 23, 2009
January 22, 2009
KENTUCKY: Penis-removal during circumcision - out of court settlement
December 19 2008
MALAYSIA: Pictures [disturbing] of boy about to be forcibly circumcised
January 12 2009
January 6 2009
December 29 2008
December 24 2008
December 25 2008
December 21 2008
BALTIMORE: Circumcision fails to protect vast majority of black men
December 21 2008
December 20 2008
December 19 2008
December 18 2008
December 18 2008
December 5 2008
December 5 2008
December 5 2008
December 5 2008
November 24 2008
December 1 2008
November 28 2008
November 27 2008
SOWETO: Forums to promote circumcision making selective use of science
November 26 2008
November 26 2008
LONDON: Mass HIV testing and treatment "a human rights issue"
November 24 2008
KENYA: Women to be persuaded to promote circumcision of husbands
October 31 2008
November 22 2008
November 17 2008
November 8 2008
November 8 2008
PRAGUE: Foreplay is overrated, researchers claim [or rather: Intactness prolongs intercourse]
November 8 2008
LOS ANGELES: Comedian suggests banning circumcision instead of gay marriage
November 6 2008
EASTERN CAPE: Special wards for botched circumcision victims
Eastern Cape Deaths |
October 2008
SOUTH AFRICA: South African Medical Journal slams circumcision campaigns
October 29 2008
October 27 2008
October 22 2008
October 21 2008
FINLAND: Circumcision of 4-year-old "not criminal"
One-third of Finnish doctors think it should be
October 15 2008
October 15 2008
October 15 2008
October 15 2008
October 12 2008
OUAGADOUGOU (Burkina Faso): West African First Ladies to join fight against FGC
October 12 2008
KENYA: Luo elder: "arm twisted" to promote circumcision, claims featherbedding
October 7 2008
October 7 2008
JERUSALEM: One third of former-soviet immigrants choose to stay intact
October 7 2008
WASHINGTON: Circumcision doesn't protect men who have sex with men
October 6, 2008
WASHINGTON: Supreme Court declines to stop Oregon court from asking boy what he wants
October 2008
October 2008
HOBART: Tasmanian Law Institue to review circumcision's legality
September 29, 2008
September 26, 2008
September 24, 2008
September 22, 2008
September 21, 2008
September 2008
September 25, 2008
September 22, 2008
September 13, 2008
September 13, 2008
September 5, 2008
ENGLAND: Health trusts break NHS guidelines to ritually circumcise
September 5, 2008
September 5, 2008
September 4, 2008
September 3, 2008
September 3, 2008
September 1, 2008
August 2008
August 20, 2008
August 18, 2008
MEXICO CITY: Women challenge value of circumcision:
"like a cheap condom that breaks 40% of the time"
August 15, 2008
August 14, 2008
August 13, 2008
SYDNEY: Adult-circumcised gay men more likely to be receptive
August 13, 2008
August 7, 2008
August 5, 2008
MEXICO: AIDS 2008 Officials Ignore Opposing Views on Circumcision and HIV
August 5, 2008
August 4, 2008
August 3, 2008
August 2, 2008
July 31, 2008
July 31, 2008
July 31, 2008
July 22, 2008
July 19, 2008
July 18, 2008
July 18, 2008
July 14, 2008
July 11, 2008
July 11, 2008
July 8, 2008
July 5, 2008
July 4, 2008
July 4, 2008
July 3, 2008
Rwanda | ||
HIV Rates |
Circumcised men | 3.8% | Intact men | 2.1% |
(Women | 3.6%) |
2005 Demographic and Health Survey (p 10/17) | ||
July 3, 2008
July 2, 2008
July 2, 2008
July 2, 2008
June 30, 2008
July 2, 2008
July 1, 2008
July 1, 2008
June 28, 2008
NEW YORK, SAN FRANCISCO, CHICAGO: Intactivism in Pride parades
June 28, 2008
June 27, 2008
June 26, 2008
June 26, 2008
June 25, 2008
June 24, 2008
June 25, 2008
June 24, 2008
June 19, 2008
June 17, 2008
June 17, 2008
Côte St. Luc, CANADA: Rabbi speeding to bleeding baby, gets off
June 14, 2008
June 11, 2008
June 15, 2008
June 14, 2008
June 14, 2008
SOUTH AFRICA: Police seek "bogus" surgeon after youth's death
June 11, 2008
June 11, 2008
June 9, 2008
June 9, 2008
FLORIDA: Urologists debate circumcision: "risky" "little medical indication"
June 7, 2008
June 7, 2008
June 4, 2008
MELBOURNE: Oestrogen on the foreskin prevents HIV (2003: Lemon juice in the vagina prevents HIV / 2000: the foreskin attracts HIV)
June 2, 2008
KENYA: Circumcising HIV+ men to protect them from contracting HIV is madness safe
May 31, 2008
May 29, 2008
May 27, 2008
May 25, 2008
KAMPALA: Museveni refuses to ride the circumcision juggernaut
May 22, 2008
CAPE TOWN: Young Communists call for circumcision; others urge caution
May 19, 2008
May 7, 2008
May, 2008
May 6, 2008
May 5, 2008
May 5, 2008
SWAZILAND: Billboards promise circumcised "pride", "benefits"
April 30, 2008
April 28, 2008
April 20, 2008
April 16, 2008
April 10, 2008
April 10, 2008
April 8, 2008
April 2, 2008
March26, 2008
March 19, 2008
(Belated reportage) NEW ZEALAND: Circumcision doesn't prevent STDs
March 7, 2008
Ghana | ||
HIV rates |
Circumcised men | 1.6% | Intact men | 1.4% |
(Women | 3.2%) |
Circumcision rate | 95% | |
2003 Demographic and Health Survey (p 13/15) | ||
March 4, 2008
March 1, 2008
March, 2008
DUNEDIN, NEW ZEALAND: Circumcision does not protect against Sexually Transmitted Diseases
February 28, 2008
February 27, 2008
PHILIPPINES: US troops on medical mission circumcise men instead
February 22, 2008
February 22, 2008
February 21, 2008
February 22, 2008
OXFORD: NHS "should pay for adult circumcision of African men"
February 18, 2008
February 13, 2008
February 10, 2008
February 8, 2008
February 8, 2008
BRISBANE: Australian and New Zealand physicians won't soften their stand against infant circumcision
February 7, 2008
SOUTH AFRICA: Health Minister doubt's utility of circumcision against HIV
February 6, 2008
February 6, 2008
February 6, 2008
LOS ANGELES: Christina Aguilera celebrates circumcision with penis balloons
February 6, 2008
NORTH CAROLINA: Bigamous father of 12 circumcised his own sons
February 3, 2008
January 31, 2008
January 31, 2008
January 30, 2008
SWITZERLAND: HIV+ men on retrovirals not infectious - CDC hurries to pooh-pooh
January 30, 2008
December 13, 2007
January 25, 2008
OREGON: Court rules 12-year-old may not be circumcised - in the meantime
January 23, 2008
SOUTH AFRICA: Young man takes father, tribal elders to court over forced circumcision
January 22, 2008
RWANDA: Govt launches mass circumcision campaign despite evidence of futility:
Rwanda | ||
HIV Rates |
Circumcised men | 3.8% | Intact men | 2.1% |
(Women | 3.6%) |
2005 Demographic and Health Survey (p 10/17) | ||
January 20, 2008
January 19, 2008
January 15, 2008
January 13, 2008
CAPE TOWN: One independent doctor welcomes sexuality finding, others critique it
January 9, 2008
January 8, 2008
TORONTO: Whats wrong with research on circumcision and sexuality?
January 8, 2008
January 7, 2008
January 6, 2008
January 5, 2008
January 4, 2008
January 3, 2008
January 1, 2008
December 31, 2007
December 26, 2007
December 21, 2007
December 18, 2007
December 16, 2007
December 16, 2007
December 15, 2007
US: No correlation between HIV and circumcision in Latino, Black Men who have Sex with Men paper news
December 14, 2007
December 9, 2007
December 7, 2007
December 4, 2007
December 3, 2007
November 29, 2007
November 22, 2007
November 20, 2007
KYOTO/WISCONSIN: Skin cells made as versatile as embryo cells
November 19, 2007
November 19, 2007
November 18, 2007
November 4, 2007
November 12, 2007
ADELAIDE: "Cosmetic" circumcision banned in South Australian hospitals
November 12, 2007
November 8, 2007
November 7, 2007
November 5, 2007
UGANDA: ABC, not circumcision, gives best defence against HIV
November 1, 2007
October 30, 2007
October 29, 2007
October 23, 2007
RWANDA: Homosexual transmission of HIV underreported (confounding circumcision studies)
October 22, 2007
October 19, 2007
October 16, 2007
October 12, 2007
HONG KONG: Aids expert sceptical about benefits of male circumcision
October 10, 2007
October 7, 2007
October 4, 2007
October 5, 2007
October 5, 2007
October 3, 2007
September 16, 2007
FRANKFURT: Court finds circumcision an unlawful personal injury
September 16, 2007
ZAMBIA: Understaffed clinics offer circumcision with inadequate counselling
September 12, 2007
OREGON: Jewish group weighs in against child's freedom from circumcision î
September 12, 2007
HELSINKI: Muslim party wants sharia law, circumcision, animal sacrifice
September 11, 2007
September 6, 2007
September 5, 2007
August 31, 2007
August 26, 2007
August 20, 2007
TRINIDAD: "Repeated study visits and intensive behavioural counselling" of circumcised men in trials
August 20, 2007
JOHANNESBURG: US Anti-AIDS Program To Fund Circumcision in Africa
August 13, 2007
HOBART: Tasmania's Children's Commissioner wants circumcision ban
August 13, 2007
August 12, 2007
MELBOURNE: Circumcision banned in public hospitals - 'not worth the cost'
August 11, 2007
August 10, 2007
NEW ZEALAND: Academic calls for circumcision at public expense
August 10, 2007
August 8/10, 2007
August 7, 2007
August 1, 2007
July 26, 2007
MONTREAL: Circumcision May Not Impact Sensitivity (If You Ignore The Foreskin)
July 23, 2007
AUSTRALIA: Male circumcision has no role in the Australian HIV epidemic
July 16, 2007
July 18, 2007
July 10, 2007
July 2, 2007
June 28, 2007
NEW YORK: Talbott findings "drivel" - circumcision advocates - Talbott replies
June 28, 2007
June 27, 2007
SEATTLE: Use of Federal Funds for Medicaid Non-Therapeutic Circumcision is Unlawful
June 25, 2007
June 28, 2007
June 24, 2007
June 24, 2007
June 22, 2007
June 19, 2007
NEW YORK: Circumcision: Health-conscious procedure or unnecessary sexual amputation?
June 20, 2007
NEW YORK: Circumcision overstated as AIDS preventative: prostitutes the key
June 13, 2007
June 11, 2007
June 8, 2007
June 7, 2007
DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA: Doctors call for mass circumcision of babies to prevent some AIDS some day
May 13, 2007
JOHANNESBURG: Circumcision is not the solution in HIV battle
Dockers compare it with circumcision