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by isomorph·7y ago·view on hn ↗
True, regarding the UK.

There are some complex dynamics at work

1. a conflict of interest when there is a financial incentive to do a surgery

2. a pattern of doctors / father who are circumcised feeling the need to promote it to others

3. an issue where men circumcised as infants are never approached for follow-up consent by healthcare professionals, so never know what happened

4. an issue where men circumcised as infants know what happened but rationalise it