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sop

(18,239 posts)
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 12:16 PM Oct 2025

'RFK Jr. suggests circumcision is linked to autism'

(CBS News) "Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggested there may be a link between autism and circumcision while reasserting the unproven theory that Tylenol causes the disorder — and medical experts are pushing back against the claims."

" 'There's two studies that show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism. It's highly likely because they are given Tylenol,' Kennedy stated during a Cabinet meeting on Thursday."

"Circumcision is a surgical procedure that removes the foreskin from a boy's penis. For some, circumcision is a part of cultural or religious practices. A 2025 study from Johns Hopkins Medicine found the prevalence of the practice had decreased nearly 5%, going from 54.1% to 49.3% from 2012 to 2022."

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-circumcision-linked-autism-experts/

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'RFK Jr. suggests circumcision is linked to autism' (Original Post) sop Oct 2025 OP
JFC yardwork Oct 2025 #1
Studies that have most likely been found to be fraudulent. Small detail. Klarkashton Oct 2025 #2
Girls? cbabe Oct 2025 #3
JFK Jr. Is a loon. Joinfortmill Oct 2025 #4
Anti Semitic WmChris Oct 2025 #5
Practically every American man of my generation comradebillyboy Oct 2025 #7
Of course. Sigh.... CTyankee Oct 2025 #8
I know a lot of men have their brains in their comradebillyboy Oct 2025 #6

WmChris

(693 posts)
5. Anti Semitic
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 01:22 PM
Oct 2025

Could be a swipe at Jewish men and the rest of us who are cut loose as well.

comradebillyboy

(10,948 posts)
7. Practically every American man of my generation
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 02:29 PM
Oct 2025

who was born in a US hospital was circumcised. About the only uncircumcised guys that I knew were born in military hospitals in Germany or Japan.

comradebillyboy

(10,948 posts)
6. I know a lot of men have their brains in their
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 02:25 PM
Oct 2025

dicks but the autism link is a real stretch.

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