One of the most dishonest defenses of MC (male circumcision) is that it provides health benefits, and a recent "study" seemed to support that fact with regards to HIV. I have already argued that the study was flawed (not to mention how unethical it is to mutilate a child in order to "prevent" a sexually transmitted disease), but have recently come across an article which breaks down the "studies" much more thoroughly and scientifically, and offer it up here in wake of Germany's recent ruling on circumcision*:

http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2012/05/when-bad-science-kills-or-how-to-spread-aids/

Check the links the article provides as well for more on the issue, from a scientific as well as ethical standpoint.



_{*http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501367_162-57461184/german-court-circumcision-on-boys-an-assault/}