Everyday around the world thousands of young boys have their genitals altered without their consent. While in some places this may offer health benefits in the vast majority this surgery is done for the sake of the child’s parent’s preferences.

Once a circumcision is done it is very difficult to reverse and most men live with the impacts for the rest of their life. Circumcision is link to psychological trauma, decrease sexual pleasure and sensation, and experience many other negative life impacts. This impacts will be inflicted upon the child without their consent and as a result constitute an infringement on their rights as individuals.

The European Union has just announced that unnecessary circumcision is a breach of a child’s rights. This decision will save tens of thousands of young boys from being mutilated by doctors without their consent. Now it’s time for the United States to do the same.

Stop the genital mutilation of young boys!