IN OTHER WORDS...:

Officials Weigh Circumcision to Fight H.I.V. Risk (RONI CARYN RABIN, 8/24/09, NY Times)

Public health officials are considering promoting routine circumcision for all baby boys born in the United States to reduce the spread of H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS.

The topic is a delicate one that has already generated controversy, even though a formal draft of the proposed recommendations, due out from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by the end of the year, has yet to be released.

Experts are also considering whether the surgery should be offered to adult heterosexual men whose sexual practices put them at high risk of infection. But they acknowledge that a circumcision drive in the United States would be unlikely to have a drastic impact: the procedure does not seem to protect those at greatest risk here, men who have sex with men.

...if you're serious about stopping the spread of AIDs you need to take off more than their foreskins....

Posted by Orrin Judd at August 24, 2009 12:42 PM