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"There is hardly a reason to circumcise a little boy for medical reasons because those medical reasons don’t exist," said Dr. Michael Wilks, Head of Ethics at the British Medical Association, who admitted that doctors have circumcised boys for "no good reason." In the United States, parts of Africa, the Middle East, and in the Muslim world, 13.3 million infant boys and 2 million girls have part or all of their external sex organs cut off for reasons that defy logic and violate basic human rights. Doctors, parents, and politicians have been misled into thinking that circumcision is beneficial, necessary, and harmless. In Circumcision and human rights, internationally respected experts in the fields of medicine, science, politics, law, ethics, sociology, anthropology, history, and religion present the latest research on this tragedy, as a part of the worldwide campaign to end sexual mutilation. They outline steps for eradicating this abusive practice to enable males and females the dignity of living out their lives with all the body parts with which they were born.

Circumcision -- Law and legislation. --- Circumcision -- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Circumcision. --- Circumcision --- Circumcision, Female --- Circumcision, Male --- Body Modification, Non-Therapeutic --- Culture --- Urologic Surgical Procedures, Male --- Gynecologic Surgical Procedures --- Cosmetic Techniques --- Anthropology, Cultural --- Surgical Procedures, Operative --- Urogenital Surgical Procedures --- Urologic Surgical Procedures --- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment --- Anthropology --- Therapeutics --- Social Sciences --- Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena --- Social & Cultural Anthropology --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Law and legislation --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Law and legislation. --- Amputation, Foreskin --- Foreskin amputation --- Foreskin removal --- Male circumcision --- Prepucectomy --- Removal of foreskin --- Medicine. --- Medical ethics. --- Medical laws and legislation. --- Biomedicine. --- Biomedicine general. --- Medicine/Public Health, general. --- Theory of Medicine/Bioethics. --- Medical Law. --- Medical laws and legislation --- Body marking --- Foreskin --- Initiation rites --- Surgery --- Public health laws. --- Communicable diseases --- Public health --- Biomedical ethics --- Clinical ethics --- Ethics, Medical --- Health care ethics --- Medical care --- Medicine --- Bioethics --- Professional ethics --- Nursing ethics --- Social medicine --- Clinical sciences --- Medical profession --- Human biology --- Life sciences --- Medical sciences --- Pathology --- Physicians --- Health Workforce --- Biomedicine, general. --- Law, Medical --- Medical personnel --- Medical registration and examination --- Surgeons --- Medical policy --- Medical jurisprudence --- Legal status, laws, etc.