3.75/5 (4) SEPTEMBER 26, 2015 Ending circumcision, Part One: The case for extending legal protections to America’s boys BY AMY WRIGHT GLENN PhillyVoice Contributor Rita’s daughter cries, again. “I can’t take it!” Rita tells her mother on the phone. “For the … Read More
09 Oct 2015 – 03:10PM | By Marco Ferrari The closure of a circumcision clinic in Hyde has sparked a backlash from the local Muslim community, claiming the closure is an ‘attack on the practice of their religious beliefs’. An online petition … Read More
My 3-and-a-half-year-old son sleeps. He slumbers peacefully in dreamland. When I hear him call my name, I go to him. He can trust that I am here. Another little one — just a year older than my son — slumbers … Read More
Ivory Coast Jails Mother for Circumcising Daughter The Post Zambia, Mar. 27, 2015 Also available on the Post Zambia website A mother who took her four-year-old daughter to be circumcised was sentenced to one year in prison on Wednesday in … Read More
Sierra Leoneans halt genital mutilation amid Ebola fears: UK Minister Emma Batha Reuters, Mar. 20, 2015 Also available on the Reuters website LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The Ebola epidemic that has ravaged West Africa appears to have brought the … Read More
American courts should follow Israel’s lead in case of boy facing circumcision Rebecca Wald The Jerusalem Post, Mar. 18, 2015 Also available on the Jerusalem Post website A rabbi holds an eight-day-old baby during a circumcision ceremony in Brussels, August … Read More
Judge orders West Boynton mom’s arrest in circumcision case Marc Freeman SunSentinel, Mar. 10, 2015 Also available on the SunSentinel website But Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Jeffrey Dana Gillen still signed a warrant for Heather Hironimus’ arrest, refusing requests … Read More
Licensed doctors perform 76% of Egypt’s FGM: Health Ministry Hanan Fayed The Cairo Post, Mar. 2, 2015 Also available on the Cairo Post website CAIRO: Some 76 percent of girls undergo female genital mutilation at the hands of licensed doctors, … Read More
Legislator seeks to outlaw female genital mutilation in Pennsylvania Christian Alexandersen Penn Live, Feb. 26, 2015 Also available on the Penn Live website Anyone caught taking part in the ritualistic, coming of age practice of cutting females’ genitalia in … Read More
Full text also available in PDF format (above) by Patrick Testa and Walter E. Block* Abstract Despite the millenniums-old tradition in Abrahamic circles of removing the foreskin of a penis at birth, the involuntary and aggressive practice of circumcision must not be … Read More