Circumcision linked to autism

Ritual circumcision and risk of autism spectrum disorder in 0- to 9-year-old boys: national cohort study in Denmark

We confirmed our hypothesis that boys who undergo ritual circumcision may run a greater risk of developing ASD. This finding, and the unexpected observation of an increased risk of hyperactivity disorder among circumcised boys in non-Muslim families, need attention, particularly because data limitations most likely rendered our HR estimates conservative. Considering the widespread practice of non-therapeutic circumcision in infancy and childhood around the world, confirmatory studies should be given priority.

Also worth noting that circumcision causes great suffering

Regardless of surgical method, circumcision causes some level of pain and discomfort at the operation table and for several days after until wound healing has completed. In a recent study, parents reported pain during the six postcircumcision weeks in 71% of newborn boys, with levels ranging from 'minimal pain' (14%) over 'acceptable pain' (53%) to 'more than acceptable pain' (2%) and 'much more pain' (2%). The procedural pain associated with neonatal circumcision is plausibly more severe and the postoperative pain of longer duration than in older children and adults, because the foreskin of most neonates must be forcefully separated from the glans to which it is fused before it can be cut off. This leaves the circumcised infant not only with a painful incision of the foreskin but also with a raw, wounded surface of the glans that is exposed to friction and chemical irritation from urine and feces until healing.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4530408/

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