In a way, you've answered your own question there. The reason it is so hard to find someone to perform circumcisions is the same reason it's not done routinely at birth - because the available evidence shows that the benefits of the procedure are questionable, and are outweighed by the risks. The few health professionals that do perform circumcisions are, to a certain extent, going against the available medical evidence. This is risky territory for child health professionals, as it opens them up to legal action that they have no defence against - in a court of law, if they are sued for performing a routine circumcision,
it is virtually impossible to justify it.
I should clarify that I am not against circumcision for medical reasons - there are a few childhood conditions, such as phimosis (a tight foreskin that impedes the flow of urine and makes it painful to have an erection in adolescence and adulthood) that will require circumcision to preserve normal sexual and urological function. However, when you look at he statistics, if you advocate routine circumcision in an attempt to avoid conditions like these, you need to circumcise between 10 and 20 children who would not have developed penile problems, for each child who would.






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