PS Egan, what can we Christians do when others chose to go ahead and do this mutilation because their doctors tell them there is some benefit to it? I was just talking to a woman whose baby boy is due to be born in a couple of weeks and she just didn't want to know about the functions of the foreskin or the risks of circumcision. I offered to send her sites and everything, but she wasn't interested.

I am in tears about this now because that poor baby is going to lose an irreplaceable part of himself for ever. But what could I do when his own mother doesn't care? I mentioned my opposition to it, the risks, and that the foreskin protects and aids in sexual pleasure, but she just wasn't interested because it's "normal" to do it in the USA. It's the same with the fillings, people just won't listen.

All I can do is pray that between now and her baby being born she changes her mind, but I doubt it as her husband and other son are circumcised. This breaks my heart, but all I can do is pray now.