Circumcision on the rise despite hospital ban

By Lucy Carroll
Updated June 8 2014 - 4:44pm, first published 2:00pm
Much debate over the procedure: Stefanie MacDonald with her circumcised son, James. Picture: Janie Barrett
Much debate over the procedure: Stefanie MacDonald with her circumcised son, James. Picture: Janie Barrett

Circumcision rates for newborn boys in NSW have jumped by more than 30 per cent in the past two decades, and there is now a call for the procedure to be reintroduced in public hospitals.

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