Circumcision is rare in Hispanic culture, so often many Latino parents know little about the procedure and its consequences, according to Georganne Chapin, executive director of Intact America, a child health advocacy organization based in Tarrytown, New York. And that’s the problem. Latino parents are not prepared for the pressure they’ll face from doctors and nurses to circumcise their newborn baby boys.Often, Latino parents who have their first baby boy circumcised say no to circumcising any sons that follow, according to Alexandro José Gradilla, an associate professor of Chicana and Chicano studies at California State University-Fullerton and a national authority on Latino attitudes towards circumcision.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices