Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is pushing back hard against what he calls a "media distortion" of his remarks linking early circumcision and autism, insisting that his comments were rooted in medical research about acetaminophen use, not religion or ritual. The controversy erupted after comments Kennedy made during a White House Cabinet meeting Thursday were seized upon by political opponents and several media outlets that accused him of promoting antisemitic tropes. In that meeting, Kennedy noted that "two studies show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism," adding that the probable reason...
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