Debate on circumcision

In Sweden there is now going on a debate on circumcision. In the Swedish cristian newspaper "Dagen" there was the other day an article about the Uppsalaresident Hans Rosling, Professor in public health who is the man behind http://www.gapminder.org/, who says there are no medical reasons not to practice circumcision. Those who claim that are "either not updated or lying". Gunnar Götberg and Yngve Hofvander are two doctors in Sweden who have been trying to abolish male circumcision.

I think it is allright that the public health system also offer male circumcision, especially when there is a risk that it otherwise is made in an insecure way. As long as you pay for it I concider it uncontroversial. What does it matter if you have foreskin or not?

In the Uppsala county board I recently supported to follow the recommendations by SKL that every county should offer circumcision.

Also Peter Wolodarsky at DN means that Gunnar Götberg and others should update on what recent research is saying on the subject.