Children have to be old enough to give their consent to a religious circumcision, says leading pediatrician Maximilian Stehr. But the law does not need to be changed. Maximilian Stehr is a pediatric surgeon at the University Hospital in Munich…
James speaks out against circumcision
“After that painfully obvious realization my disgust was dwarfed by the most intense anger I have ever felt. I felt violated. As though I had just learned that I was sexually assaulted as a baby. Which literally is what it…
$700,000 Circumcision Settlement in Massachusetts
“An 8-day-old baby suffered an amputation of a portion of the ventral glans of his penis at a Jewish brit milah circumcision ceremony, or bris, at a private residence. The plaintiffs mainta ined that the doctor/mohel was negligent in his…
Germany: Appeals Court judge rules circumcision illegal, a prosecutable assault.
“Neither the parents nor the right to freedom of religion guaranteed in the Basic Law can justify this procedure, the court clearly said in its ruling.” http://www.ftd.de/politik/deutschland/:illegale-prozedur-gericht-stellt-religioese-beschneidung-unter-strafe/70054618.html
Two boys died in Bodhan town
Two boys died in Bodhan town in the district late on Monday night due to over bleeding. A rural medical practitioner performed circumcision on the boys five days ago, which led to uncontrolled bleeding. http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/regions/karimnagar/circumcision-goes-awry-two-boys-die-746
A Midwife has been charged with manslaughter after a baby bled to death following a circumcision.
“A MIDWIFE has been charged with manslaughter after a baby bled to death following a circumcision. Grace Adeleye (66), of Sarnia Court, Salford, appeared in the dock for the first time at Oldham Magistrates Court on Friday, charged with the…
Finns Party proposes circumcision ban
Finns Party MP Vesa-Matti Saarakkala is calling for the criminalisation of male circumcision in Finland. In a formal inquiry to the government, Saarakkala says expanding the circumcision ban on girls to include boys is an issue of fundamental rights. The…
Aristotle quote on foreskin value
“the glans, which is at the end of the penis, [is] covered with a very thin membrane, by reason of which it is of a most exquisite feeling. It is covered with a preputium or foreskin, which in some covers…
Death by Circumcision—Religious Freedom or Criminally Negligent Homicide?
“On March 3, 2012, the New York Daily News reported the death this past September of a two-week-old baby boy, following an ultra-Orthodox Jewish circumcision ritual. The report came after the newspaper pressed Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn for information,…