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A ban on bans makes everybody stronger, or at least free to practice male circumcision in California. Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law Sunday a bill that prohibits local governments from enacting bans ...

More than half of South African men are now ­circumcised and most of them have been circumcised fully; in other words, the entire foreskin of their penises has been removed, not just part of it. That ...

New Hampshire lawmakers will consider next year whether the state should end Medicaid coverage for routine circumcision, an elective procedure frequently done on newborn boys. The proposed legislation ...

Without social pressure, most people give little thought to male circumcision. This simple surgical procedure removes the foreskin, a hood of skin covering the head of the resting (flaccid) penis. But ...

Foreskin removal may not interfere with sensations during sex, a new study says. Aug. 2, 2007 — -- Controversial new research casts doubt on the long-held belief that circumcision reduces sexual ...

Mark down foreskin removal next to Happy Meals on the growing list of things San Franciscans want to ban. A man in San Francisco is proposing a measure that would make it illegal for parents to ...

How much does circumcision alter what a man ultimately feels? Scientific studies aiming to answer this question have been inconclusive. Now researchers prodding dozens of male penises with a ...