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ABC News -- 15 Jan 1999 - A Cutting Controversy
ABC News -- 17 Feb 1999 - Where Does Baby Stress Go? - Infant Worries Could Be Carried for Years - Reuters
Article - Circumcision Reversal Gains in Popularity -- The New Mexican - November 29, 1996
Associated Press -- Boosted by doctors and changing mores, advocates battle a rite. by Michelle Boorstein - April 8, 1999
Bay Area Reporter- San Francisco -- Jul 15, 1993 - Anti-Circumcision Activists Zap Medical Association by David O''Connor
Boston Herald -- 22 Jan 1999 - Cutting out circumcisions: Calls increase for halting traditional male procedure by Jack Sullivan - "They [men] feel it is their body and no one should have the right to cut off part of their penis.''''
Burlington Free Press -- Anti-Circumcision Group Supports Medical Report - 7 June 1999
CNN -- March 1, 1999 - Pediatricians turn away from circumcision.
Cleveland Plain Dealer -- March 25, 1999 - Parents settle $10 Million lawsuit over botched circumcision
Deseret News -- March 15, 1999 - Surgery for boys called optional by Lois M. Collins
Fayetteville Online -- 20 Apr 1999 - Fighting tradition - A group that opposes circumcision spreads the word about some of the drawbacks to the common practice - By Michelle Boorstein - The AP
Hour Weekly - Montreal -- April 1, 1999 - Back to Foreskins by Josey Vogels - Though, I must say, I was happy to hear that I’m not the only one who is foreskin positive (that is, beyond the foreskin crusaders who are going to great, uh, lengths to restore the penis God gave them). In fact, some of the people who responded to my recent question "Cut or uncut? What do you prefer?" were bursting with foreskin pride. Like this guy:
Hour Weekly - Montreal -- March 18-24, 1999 - A delicate tissue by Josey Vogels - I think it’s silly to snip a little boy’s willy. And the American Academy of Pediatrics finally agrees.
MedServ Medical News -- Ohio $10 million circumcision lawsuit settled out of court.
Medical Post -- Baby’s pain sensitizes it to future pain. - New research from Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children shows effects of circumcision pain not ‘short-lived.’ - by Amanda Kreidié March 18, 1997
National Post -- March 11, 1999 - Keeping baby boys ''intact'' - by Lisa A. Sandberg - Those critical of circumcision say it''s not just the matter of pain that needs to be addressed, it''s the ''psychological, social, and sexual'' effects.
Newsweek -- March 24, 1997 - A circumcision tragedy provides new insight into gender.
Ottawa Citizen -- U.S. anti-circumcision activist cheers Canadian’s attack on practice. by Sharon Kirkey - October 18, 1997
Ottawa Citizen -- Montreal ethicist calls circumcision ‘criminal assault’. - October 17, 1998
Panafrican News Agency -- Sep 23, 1999 - Female Circumcision Highly Regarded In Tanzania
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette -- Deconstructing circumcision - March 16, 1999 - By Jon Delano (Carnegie Mellon University) - In the end, what convinced us not to circumcise our son was the ethical issue. If there is no medical or religious reason to do it and the social justifications seem silly, then what right do we have to remove a normal, healthy part of our son''s body?
Rolling Stone -- Dec 11, 1997 - The True Story of JOHN/JOAN By John Colapinto
Salt Lake Tribune -- Thursday, March 11, 1999 - The Circumcision Decision by Norma Wagner
Suck Magazine: Here''s a Tip -- Suck magazine is best seen rather than described. But it does lots of social commentary. This article is about circumcision and portrays it as a violation of men''s rights.
Sunday Times -- 14 March 1999 - Children kidnapped and mutilated - Boy threatened with death after investigation into circumcision camps. by Sibusiso Bubesi
Tallahassee Democrat Online -- 21 March 1999 - The folly of circumcision: Let''s stop mutilating our men by Mary Ann Lindley
The Boston Globe -- Controversy over circumcision heightened in US after report by Stan Grossfeld July 25, 1999
The Florida Times-Union - Jacksonville.com -- March 22, 1999 - Circumcision Debate: Parents must inform themselves about procedure.
The Gazette (Montreal) -- Aug. 27, 1995 - Circumcision No Longer a Popular Choice. by David Johnston
The Grand Rapids Press -- Circumcision no longer automatic in Jewish households by Clemente Angelo Lisi - Scripps Howard News Service - 1998 -- "Once considered a rite of passage, the medical procedure is being seen as too painful and harmful for male newborns."
The Guide: Gay Travel and Entertainment -- Features: Lost & Found. An article on circumcision and foreskin restoration. July 1999. An interesting take on circumcision and foreskin restoration from the gay perspective. Anti-circumcision without being preachy.
The Jewish Week -- March 5, 1999 / 17 Adar 5759 - Circumcision Unnecessary: Pediatricians
Toronto Globe and Mail -- When do you want your sons circumcised? - My answer should have been different. by Diane Mason - June 10, 1999
WISC TV -- March 2, 1999 - Report: Circumcision Not Automatically Needed
Winnipeg Free Press -- 25 July 1996 - Foreskin far from useless, HSC pathologist says: Finding sheds light on ‘unkindest cut’. by Alexandra Paul

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