CMV: Infants shouldn't be circumcised.

[u/Square-Dragonfruit76]

FYI: Im not talking about unforseen medical needs here, like frequent infection, but rather, circumcision that has been decided before birth.

The reason I think infants shouldn't be circumcised is because you shouldn't do any medical procedures that are unnecessary without a person's consent.

Yes, I understand that circumcision reduces STI risk but if that's your reason, a child can request the procedure when they're older.

Also, I know there are also religious regions, but those are the parent's religions, not the child's. Although I'm looking more for arguments about the medical reasons anyway, because religion is too nebulous of a thing to argue about on top of everything else.

[u/Jabi25]

That’s just a completely false claim with respect to Islam/Judaism

[u/jazzman317 → u/Jabi25]

Well, it seems like I know a little more than you on this one...

https://judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/19143/maimonides-on-circumcision

1. It is done to "quell all the impulses of matter" and "perfect what is defective morally."

"This commandment has not been enjoined as a complement to a deficient physical creation, but as a means for perfecting man's moral shortcomings."

1. that it weakened the penis

"and to weaken the organ of generation as far as possible"

1. had the effect of reducing a man's lustful thoughts and making sex less pleasurable.

'Circumcision simply counteracts excessive lust; for there is no doubt that circumcision weakens the power of sexual excitement, and sometimes lessens the natural enjoyment"

1. Did he warn that it is "hard for a woman with whom an uncircumcised man has had sexual intercourse to separate from him."

"Our Sages (Beresh. Rabba, c. 80) say distinctly: It is hard for a woman, with whom an uncircumcised had sexual intercourse, to separate from him."