Abraham Leo Wolbarst, M.D., (1872 – 1952) a New York City physician, was a notorious promoter of non-therapeutic neonatal male circumcision

One may consider even more worrying Svoboda’s saying, “Physician Abraham Wolbarst had the genius to perceive that the surest way to preserve male circumcision as a religious rite within the Jewish community was to generalize it throughout the whole society as a necessary health precaution.” The reader may view such a statement, even if certainly unintended, as open to abuse by conspiracy theorists.