The US health secretary’s claims are false, as research finds no clear connection between circumcision and autism.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Trump administration officials during a roundtable meeting that children who have been circumcised had "double the rate of autism" ...

On October 9th, RFK Jr stated that boys who undergo circumcision are “twice as likely” to be later diagnosed with autism.

Circumcision is the latest example of Kennedy seizing on a hot-button issue that already has entrenched and aggressive ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. further added to the Trump administration’s problematic claims ...

In October 2025, after a meeting of U.S. President Donald Trump's Cabinet, a claim (archived) circulated online that Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said children who are ...

Male circumcision is considered the oldest, most frequently performed surgery in the world, yet it remains controversial. According to Dr. Greg Marchand, an ob-gyn at the Marchand Institute for ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stunningly claimed Thursday there may be a link between circumcision and autism — due to distribution of Tylenol to infants following the ...

Lawmakers in New Hampshire are seeking to ensure the state ends Medicaid coverage for elective circumcisions in 2025. House Bill 1683, which sought to end state Medicaid coverage for circumcision for ...

A man from Salem said he’s never felt whole since he was circumcised as a baby and has spent his adult life trying to reverse the procedure. A mother from Moultonborough called it male genital ...