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
For many years my dinner-party claim to fame was that I was circumcised by the same rabbi who performed the procedure on Prince Charles. Prince George of Cambridge Photo: AP By Harry Wallop 3:05PM BST 31 Mar 2015 It is one of … Read More
30 March 2015 New rules forcing teachers to report cases of FGM to police will make it harder for children to seek help, it was claimed today. Teachers are now legally obliged to report cases of FGM to police, but … Read More
The full text of this article is available below, but the PDF version is recommended. Brian D. Earp* Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have announced a set … Read More
Western girls holiday in Kenya to undergo FGM in secret Katy Migiro Reuters UK, Mar. 11, 2015 Also available on the Reuters website NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Somali families living in Britain and the United States are bringing their … Read More
11 Feb 2015 – 10:44AM | By Samar Maguire A North West MEP has called for the EU to set out it’s plan of action to combat female genital mutilation, suggesting that victims must become the ‘right holders’. Julie Ward MEP, a … Read More
5/5 (1) Full text available in PDF format (above) An un-consenting child, an unnecessary surgery: what are the moral similarities and differences between male and female circumcision? This article is an abridged version of “Female Genital Mutilation and Male Circumcision: … Read More
5/5 (1) Practical Ethics (University of Oxford), February 18, 2014 Abstract It is sometimes argued that the non-therapeutic, non-consensual alteration of children’s genitals should be discussed in two separate ethical discourses: one for girls (in which such alterations should be … Read More
08 Jul 2013 – 05:50AM Exclusive by Danielle Wainwright Imagine being strapped down against your will and having your genitals removed with a shard of glass by someone with no medical expertise, in the most unhygenic of conditions. It sounds … Read More
5/5 (1) Brian D. Earp Practical Ethics (University of Oxford), Aug. 30, 2012 For the first time in over a decade, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has revised its policy position on infant male circumcision. They now say that … Read More