So, I'm not going to pass judgement on circumcisions here. Mostly because I don't have a penis and it's not really my call. But - to my surprise, I found this article today that said that each penis not circumcised as an infant will lead to $313 extra dollars in health costs over a life time. What the hell? And this isn't a fly by night study - this is by Johns Hopkins University!
So the average cost of the "procedure" is $291 (really, for that little thing!), but the projected costs of treating infections or cancers that are more likely for the uncircumcised can add up quickly. The 25% drop in circumcisions since the 1980's has cost roughly $2 BILLION. That's a chunk of change.
In the 1970s and 1980's about 79% of the baby boys were circumcised in the United States - (seems pretty consistent with my "research") But as of 2010 only about 55% of the boys have that penis cut. Sure seems like a lot of bitter men now having kids...
And guys, before you get all high and mighty, the World Health Organization has recommended male circumcision as an "efficacious intervention for HIV prevention in countries and regions with heterosexual epidemics, high HIV and low male circumcision prevalence," so it's not a totally unnecessary procedure!
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