On this count, it is shocking that some critics of the Board of Health (to their credit, not Hikind and Felder) have had the audacity to compare this new measure to the attempts to impose a complete
ban on circumcision abroad in countries such as Germany and Denmark.
I do not know whom I am having this time, since I had no ultra sounds done, therefore I have been doing
research on circumcision as it is procedure we will have done if it is a boy.
Hospitals are under no law to report circumcisions and there are many reports of parents that
decide on circumcision after leaving the hospital.
A group of parents were given special information about circumcision, based on the 1975 report of the American Academy of Pediatrics Ad Hoc Task
Force on Circumcision which concluded that circumcision is not medically necessary [73].
Though I've provided
information on circumcision for expectant couples for years, it long ago became clear to me that the decision about whether or not to circumcise a boy is made from an emotional not a rational place.
The Jewish Telegraphic Agency: German court
ruling on circumcision riles Jewish community Germany's top Jewish leader called on the federal Parliament «to ensure religious freedom» following a Cologne court ruling that said circumcising young boys on religious grounds amounts to grievous bodily harm.
A typical illustration is to be found in Yahweh's supposed
insistence on circumcision — «The uncircumcised male... shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.»
Such is the case with the New York City Board of Health's controversial decision last month to require mohalim (religious circumcisers) to obtain informed parental consent before performing ritual oral
suction on the circumcision wound after completing the procedure.
After reviewing multiple
studies on circumcision, the AAP reports that «the health benefits of newborn male circumcision outweigh the risks.»
The American Academy of Pediatrics recently (August 27, 2012) updated their
recommendations on circumcision, basically saying that new evidence points to greater benefits of infant circumcision, but that the benefits are not strong enough to recommend it as a general procedure.
Sunny Gault: You know I had not heard of it either honestly and I do this types of show all the time and even in talking and doing specific
shows on circumcision, I do not think breast feeding was ever really brought up.
One of our Expert Mommies, Dr. Cara Natterson, M.D. is featured in this informative
video on circumcision.
A national study of 400 American paediatricians and obstetricians indicated that two - thirds of physicians took a neutral
position on circumcision when advising parents [70].
Speaking afterward, Weiner made no reference to Salgado's claims, and it was left to Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, who followed Weiner in responding to the
question on circumcision, to counter the charge that the LGBT community is seeking to ban circumcision.
explains why — plus straight
talk on circumcision, pain during lovemaking, and the problem with separate bedrooms.
Penn & Teller
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At the very least, parents who wished to have their sons circumcised for religious purposes would need to have the circumcisions performed outside their countries — assuming a
ban on circumcisions would not also prohibit parents from transporting children for such purposes.
This is why theologians today can still illustrate important features of the Good News by looking at Paul's
teaching on circumcision, even though there is no live debate among Christians about whether it is necessary for salvation anymore.
In 2011, the city of San Francisco attempted to institute a ban
on circumcision.