William Stowell sued the Good Samaritan Hospital of West Islip, New York, claiming the circumcision he received when he was born there has since deprived him and his sexual partners of pleasure during intercourse. "I'm being deprived of my birthright," he said. "Studies show that I would be enjoying it more and my partners would be enjoying it more. Every time I have sex, that's in the back of my head."

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