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
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
by Lisa Braver Moss Posted on Jul. 8, 2015 at 10:52 am Lisa Braver Moss Though the prospect of circumcising a baby boy typically causes some anxiety, Jewish parents most often to go through with it. Circumcision is a concrete symbol … Read More
CIRCUMCISION, THE PRIMAL CUT – A HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION May 3, 2015 by Kali Sinclair Imagine This You bring a beautiful baby girl into this world. You count her fingers and toes. You can’t believe the wonder of this tiny, perfect human … Read More
5/5 (3) Ten Reasons Not To Circumcise Intact America Also available at http://www.intactamerica.org/resources/decision DECIDING WHETHER OR NOT TO CIRCUMCISE YOUR SON? Circumcision is a painful, risky, unethical surgery that deprives over a million boys each year of healthy, functional tissue, while … Read More
5/5 (1) How Male Circumcision Harms Women Ronald Goldman, Ph.D. from Circumcision.org Also available at http://www.circumcision.org/harmswomen.htm Marilyn Milos didn’t know much about circumcision when she consented to have her three sons circumcised. She trusted her doctor who told her it did … Read More
Stanford School of Medicine Available at http://newborns.stanford.edu/CircComplications.html With any procedure, it is important to know what complications are possible. Not only does this knowledge guide technique (to minimize the possibility of a poor outcome), but it also allows for a more … Read More
4.64/5 (14) Do the benefits of male circumcision outweigh the risks? The U.S. Centers for Disease Control — echoing the 2012 policy statement of the American Academy of Pediatrics — have recently suggested that they do. What many Americans … Read More
Week-long Washington, D.C. Event Protests Circumcision Jordan Gass-Pooré infoZine, Mar. 31, 2015 Also available on the infoZine website Passersby eyed an anatomically correct male doll fastened to a plastic contraption Thursday on the West Lawn of the Capitol. Christina Love, … 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