Lots of us in the USA had no choice in the matter. For the past century or so it has been done routinely without more than a verbal consent from the mother and presented as a simple straightforward affair like cutting and tying the umbilical cord.
Sure, the reason it took root was originally based in the high number of Jewish pediatricians, but the medical community never turns down a revenue generator especially if it has genuine medical benefits. Try and look back a hundred years ago when thousands of US midwest folks bathed in a small steel bucket, once every few days with not very clean cold water and who had no electricity and the sanitation issue becomes very real, very fast.
Yes, today's hygienic tools and universal water supply make such seem archaic, but there are STILL places where the bucket, the filthy cold water and the lack of hygienic facilities and practices make it a practical solution.
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Jeez relax...
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