Circumcision

In response to “Ancient Traditions vs. the Law,” Feb. 18: This article discusses the African practice of female circumcision and how African immigrants to Europe get in trouble with the law because of it. The article indicates the European countries that have made the circumcision of female infants a crime identified as “child mutilation”--but, although the article is quite lengthy, no mention is made of male circumcision at all. If the circumcision of female infants is child mutilation, is the circumcision of male infants also not child mutilation? CHARLES F. KOOS Torrance