U.S. Circumcision Rates Are Falling for Baby Boys

To circumcise, or not to circumcise…that's the decision that every parent of a baby boy has to make. It's a decision my husband and I made twice—and in both cases, we chose not to circumcise our sons. According to a new report, we're not alone: fewer moms and dads are electing to make the cut these days.

The report, which was published yesterday in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, finds that circumcision rates have fallen to just 77%.

Depending on your personal point of view, of course, you'll either find a declining circumcision rate good news or worrisome. The authors fall into the latter category, with a press release about the report stating that the study's authors "found that over their lifetime half of uncircumcised males will contract an adverse medical condition caused by their foreskin." (Among them: potentially kidney-damaging urinary tract infections, or UTIs.)

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