The Hopkins scientists say they think fewer babies are getting the procedure because states aren't paying for it under Medicaid. (Maryland isn't among them.) State Medicaid plans account for two-fifths of all births.
Here are the 18 states that don't cover circumcisions and the year they stopped:
Colorado 2011
South Carolina 2011
Louisiana 2005
Idaho 2005
Minnesota 2005
Maine 2004
Montana 2003
Utah 2003
Florida 2003
Missouri 2002
Arizona 2002
North Carolina 2002
California before 1999
North Dakota before 1999
Oregon before 1999
Mississippi before 1999
Nevada before 1999
Washington before 1999





