Circumcision is a highly personal choice for both men and women, and should only be performed on consenting adults. When performed on children, and especially infants, it is known in the medical community to be very painful and highly traumatic even with the use of anesthetics. Nevertheless it remains standard practice in the United States--but only for males--due to an inexcusable ignorance about care for the intact penis. This is a violation of the human rights of children as granted by the United Nations and by the U.S. Constitution. As such, this petition asks that Congress restrict the circumcision of children under the age of consent--both male and female--to medical necessities in which amputation is necessary, and require that conservative treatment be used in all other cases.