That’s right, more moms and dads are making the decision to go against the popular flow and not circumcise their baby boys.  Circumcision is where the foreskin is removed from the penis, and has been in practice for years on infant boys as a way of preventing infection in boys penises, and seems to have done quite a good job of doing so. 

Some parents just don’t believe the circumcision is the way to go though.  Whether the decision to not circumcise is a religious, personal or moral issue for parents, parents do have the right to choose whether their boys are circumcised or not, and it never has become such a health threat that the government has enforced strict circumcision rules on new parents - yet. 

But I had thought that the circumcision rates, overall, here in the US would have undoubtedly topped fifty percent, but they hadn’t.  They are currently at about 57% right now, but peaked at almost 90% back in the seventies when almost every parent made the choice to circumcise their child’s penis.  The reasons cited may be a larger number of immigrations to the US from foreign parents who either don’t choose to have the child circumcised or simply do not observe this as a medical necessity in their country. 

Some doctors still medically  endorse penile circumcision, but others refute the findings that it can prevent penis cancer, certain STD’s and other infections of the penis, saying that the evidence is very small that it has any significant benefit for any of these penis health problems.

Apparently circumcised penises are most common here in my neck of the woods, the Midwest of the US, and vary greatly by region depending on beliefs, common practice, religion and other factors - perhaps even what the physicians in various territories recommend to their patients who have baby boys and what they believe is healthiest for the boy’s penis in the long run.  Most of my friends are circumcised, which was surprising when looking at the statistics, but then again, I was born in a time when circumcision was much more prevalent.