The protest group included people from Chicago, Denver, Boston, California and Canada, along with a couple local protesters.

James Rigdon, of Jacob, was pro-circumcision for a few years. He believed it was cleaner, safer and needed to be done. When his wife was pregnant with his son a few years ago, Rigdon did more research. He learned about the benefits of intact foreskin and that 70 percent of the men in the world do not have the procedure. He changed his mind.

“I think it should be a boy’s choice to decide how much of his body he gets to keep,” Rigdon said. “We don’t own our children. It’s our responsibility to raise them.”

Guiremand said the American Academy of Pediatrics released information that was “confusing” in its 2012 policy statement on circumcision. He added that the 2012 statement has expired.

According to both the American Academy of Pediatrics website, aap.org, and their parent-focused website, healthychildren.org, the organization still says the benefits of circumcision outweigh the risks. However, they stress that circumcision is not essential to a child’s well-being, so parents must look at both the benefits and risks and make the decision for their child, according to a post updated in 2014 (the most recent information available on the topic).