After Quote by Brad Sherman

“Circumcision is one of the Sunnahs of the fitrah, and it is for both males and females, except that is it obligatory for males…

— ataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa'imah

“Circumcision is a law for men and a preservation of honor for women." (Ahmad Ibn Hanbal 5:75; Abu Dawud, Adab 167)”

— Hadith

“Circumcision is obligatory (for every male and female) by cutting off the piece of skin on the glans of the penis of the male,…

— Ahmad ibn Naqib al-Misri

If circumcision has any justification AT ALL, it should be medical only. Parents' religion is the worst of all reasons - pure child abuse.

— Richard Dawkins

Even before the kids are born, you've go to make these decisions. If it's a boy, do we get him circumcised? If it's a…

— Greg Giraldo

As a Jew and a psychologist, I understand the stress that religious communities feel in connection with questioning of circumcision... I raise these questions…

— Ronald Goldman

Male circumcision has been practiced for thousands of years and is a deeply important ceremony for two major religions.

— Brad Sherman

I believe the time has come to acknowledge that the practice of routine circumcision rests on the absurd premise that the only mammal in…

— Thomas Szasz

Circumcision in the United States is routinely performed without anesthesia, though anesthesia reduces the infant's stress and prevents infection and blood clots.

— Warren Farrell

Circumcision is where sex and violence meet for the first time.

— Jeannine Parvati Baker

All of the western world raises its children uncircumcised and it seems logical that, with the extent of health knowledge in those countries, such…

— C. Everett Koop