Tag Archives: circumcision

German Court Bans Religious Circumcision: Such Surgery Constitutes Grievous Bodily Harm

A German court has outlawed circumcision for non-medical reasons. Circumcisions of young boys on religious grounds should be considered as grievous bodily harm, a German court has said, in a landmark ruling that clears up a grey area for doctors. The regional court in Cologne, western Germany, ruled that the “fundamental right of the child to bodily integrity outweighed the …

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My Eyes Ache From The Rolling

So-called “intactivists” are going to protest tonight’s fundraiser for openly gay state Sen. Mark Leno because he didn’t support a bill to ban circumcision in San Francisco. UPDATE: A commenter reminds me of when I lost interest in San Francisco’s bill.

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NYC Cops Investigate Infant Herpes Death After Jewish Circumcision Ritual

The Brooklyn District Attorney’s office is investigating the death of a two week-old boy who contracted herpes during a creepy Ultra Orthodox Jewish circumcision ritual in which the rabbi sucks the blood from the baby’s penis. The cause of death was listed as “disseminated herpes simplex virus Type 1, complicating ritual circumcision with oral suction.” Mayor Bloomberg Tuesday defended that …

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Simpler Circumcision

As part of a campaign to reduce HIV infections in Africa, groups such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are advocating the use of the above “simpler” circumcision method. The new procedure is intended to speed the rate of circumcisions in regions that have few doctors. Circumcision is believe to protect heterosexual men because the foreskin has many Langerhans …

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Cop Needs A Cock Expert

An NYPD officer fired for flashing his junk wants to be reinstated because it was never proven that an erect uncut penis looks like his, which is circumcised. The accuser, who is not named, “repeatedly stated and testified that she unequivocally and clearly saw the petitioner’s penis and it was uncircumcised,” the suit says. Hopper says he submitted evidence he …

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CA Bans Bans On Circumcisions

After several California cities saw attempts to outlaw circumcisions, the state legislature has approved a bill banning any future such attempts. The bill is now on the desk of Gov. Jerry Brown. Lawmakers in The Golden State have sent a bill to Governor Jerry Brown (D) that, if approved, would ensure parents’ rights to circumcise their male children. The state …

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Circumcision Ban Cut From SF Ballot

Saying it is unconstitutional, yesterday a California judge struck a proposed ban on circumcision from the upcoming San Francisco ballot. The ruling by Superior Court Judge Loretta Giorgi confirmed a tentative decision she issued a day earlier and came after she heard arguments from proponents of the ban, which would have made San Francisco the first U.S. city to hold …

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SF City Attorney: Proposed Circumcision Ban Is Unconstitutional As Written

San Francisco’s city attorney has publicly responded to a lawsuit intended to cancel a pending ballot initiative that would make it a crime to circumcise a person under 18 years old. The city of San Francisco weighed in for the first time Thursday on a local ballot measure that would ban the circumcision of male children, arguing that the proposed …

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Survey: Most Oppose San Francisco’s Pending Ban On Male Circumcision

The ballot referendum is a still a long way away, but it doesn’t look good for San Francisco’s proposed ban on male circumcision. San Francisco voters 4:1 oppose a ballot measure that would make it against the law to circumcise any male child under the age of 18, according to a SurveyUSA poll conducted exclusively for KPIX-TV. The city lines …

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SAN FRANCISCO: “Foreskin Man” Comic Riles Opponents Of Circumcision Ban

Opponents of San Francisco’s proposed ban on circumcision say a comic book being using to promote the ballot referendum is anti-Semitic. The comic is being sold on the website of Matthew Hess, the bill’s chief author and proponent. It features a muscular blond superhero fighting off rabbis who are attempting to complete a circumcision. Saunders asked Hess if his comic …

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Circumcision Ban Attempt Spreads

First San Francisco, now Santa Monica. Performing a circumcision on a boy under age 18 — even for religious reasons — would be illegal under a measure that a San Diego group hopes to place on Santa Monica’s November 2012 ballot. A similar initiative this month from the anti-circumcision group known as MGM Bill garnered enough signatures in San Francisco …

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San Francisco Circumcision Debate

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Circumcision Ban Makes SF Ballot

Yesterday San Francisco election officials certified the petition campaign to place a city-wide ban on circumcision on the November ballot. If the measure passes, circumcision would be prohibited among males under the age of 18. The practice would become a misdemeanor offense punishable by a fine of up to $1,000 or up to one year in jail. There would be …

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SAN FRANCISCO: Anti-Circumcision Group To Place Ban On City Ballot

A San Francisco anti-circumcision group has collected enough petition signatures to place a city-wide ban on the practice on the November ballot. Legal experts, however, said even if such a measure were to pass, it would likely be quickly overturned as an unconstitutional attack on the grounds of religious freedom. Chief opponent Lloyd Schofield, 59, acknowledged circumcision is a ritual …

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Circumcision Ban May Go To SF Voters

Next year San Francisco’s voters may see a ballot question that would ban the circumcision of males under 18 years old. “It’s genital mutilation,” said Lloyd Schofield, the author of a San Francisco ballot measure that would make it a “misdemeanor to circumcise, excise, cut or mutilate the…genitals” of a person under 18. Baby boys in San Francisco may be …

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Ignorance Is Bris

JMG reader John tips us to this very very seriously NSFW parody of the Feast Of The Circumcision, the annual celebration taking place this week about “the first time the blood of Christ was shed, and thus the beginning of the process of the redemption of man, and a demonstration that Christ was fully human, and of his obedience to …

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Obama Wants Your Foreskin!

After last week’s news that the CDC is considering recommending circumcision to protect newborn boys from one day contracting HIV, the right-wing hysteria machine kicked into high gear. Rush Limbaugh claims that Obama wants to mandate circumcision. Hot Air blogger Ed Morrisey joins the nonsense: Why should the CDC push circumcision at all? The government has no business being in …

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CDC Considering Promoting Circumcision In The United States

The Centers for Disease Control is considering recommending that newborn boys in the U.S. be circumcised to reduce their risk of contracting HIV. The topic is a delicate one that has already generated controversy, even though a formal draft of the proposed recommendations, due out from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by the end of the year, has …

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Circumcision Study Cut Short

Researchers have determined that circumcising a man already infected with HIV does not protect his female partner from the virus. Early results prompted the scientists to cut short a study for the safety of the female subjects. Circumcision is known to protect men from acquiring HIV. But the research, from the Lancet, showed no benefit in those who already had …

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