A lawsuit filed by circumcision opponents cleared a crucial legal hurdle last week as a judge shot down Oregon’s attempt to dismiss the case. The suit, filed in March on behalf of several circumcised ...

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The African nation of Kenya is attempting to get more than 1 million men between the ages of 15 and 49 circumcised by the end of 2013. If successful, this could be a groundbreaking effort in the fight ...

A science teacher has lost his bid to be reinstated after being fired for carrying out circumcision procedures on two 14-year-old boys in a classroom. The Cape man was undone by an incident involving ...

A study released recently shows that boys are dropping out primary school in droves after undergoing circumcision in Igembe district. In the study titled Drop Out Among Male Pupils in Primary Schools ...

It is a ritual of paramount importance among Jews of all types and in all times. For 3,500 years, the link between the Jewish people and their God has been symbolized by the Berit Mila — the rite of ...