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by providing a false sense on invicibility. More thoughtful and educated people will already use condoms or rather practise safe sex in general. People who can be convinced by a policy to have a surgery (on their genitals no less) are not prime candidates to be trusted to make rational decisions afterwards.
As for public health officials, it seems unconscionable to promote an irrevocable surgery when a much more effective and infinitely less invasive means of protection (i.e. condoms) exists (not to mention responsible personal conduct). As always in the circumcision debate I wonder how much greed (money and power for the medical establishment) is at the heart of proponents efforts.
