5/5 (1) Article text available above. Abstract: What are the effects of circumcision on sexual function and experience? And what does sex—in the sense related to gender—have to do with the ethics of circumcision? Jacobs and Arora (2015) give short … Read More
5/5 (2) Original article available above. Rani Kasher decided not to circumcise his third son after conducting research; he is now an anti-circumcision activist and plans on writing a book on it. by Adi Reshef Why do we circumcise our baby … Read More
Tom Farley at City Hall in 2009. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) Former city health commissioner Tom Farley thinks it was a mistake for the current board of health to repeal consent forms that had been required before metzitzah b’peh, the controversial circumcision … Read More
Pan-European body maintains position that a brit milah violates children’s rights BY JTA October 10, 2015, 5:55 am 24 Illustrative photo of Jews performing a religious circumcision. (Serge Attal/Flash90) The Council of Europe is maintaining its position that non-medical circumcision … Read More
The Council of Europe refuted reports in Israeli media that it had canceled a resolution from 2013 that called nonmedical circumcision of boys a harmful violation of children’s rights. The clarification Thursday on the position of the Council, a body … Read More
5/5 (1) BY JESS SWANSON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2015 | 6 DAYS AGO Sitting on his couch in his midtown apartment, naked from the waist down, Carl looks like he’s performing an Indian burn on himself. With a firm grip in each palm, … Read More
OCTOBER 2, 2015 Words: Henry Omware When she returned, she found that the baby’s penis had been chopped off in a botched circumcision. Some events startle because they are unthinkable. A botched circumcision is one of such incident as happened … Read More
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
August 13, 2015 The Norwegian medical community’s strong opposition to circumcision of baby boys has kept Norway’s state-funded hospitals from offering the controversial operations under a new law allowing them. The government expected demand for around 2,000 circumcisions a year in Norway, but newspaper Dagsavisenreports that … Read More