Circumcision

Informed consent in Netherlands: circumcision

Michael Cook | 12 November 2011

Dutch doctors should discourage the circumcision of boys, even from Jewish and Muslim families, says the Royal Dutch Medical Association (KNMG), because children cannot give informed consent.

Circumcision? How about banning ear piercing?

Jared Yee | 23 June 2011

A petition to ban circumcision will appear on San Francisco’s November election ballot.

San Francisco moves to ban circumcision

Jared Yee | 27 May 2011

“Males need protection as females do,” said Lloyd Schofield, the main sponsor for a local ballot measure in San Francisco that – if passed by voters in November – will effectively ban circumcision of males under the age of 18 in the city. A federal law and a number of state equivalents ban circumcision of girls, even for religious reasons.

Debate rages over circumcision in the US

Jared Yee | 25 April 2011

While there has been heightening debate in recent years about the ethics of circumcision, the procedure has become less popular in the US and some doctors argue that circumcision should occur in the teenage years.

Voluntary circumcision for South African prisoners to fight HIV

Jared Yee | 03 November 2010

Province aims to circumcise 2.5 million men by 2014

Doctors clash over circumcision in Australia

Michael Cook | 25 September 2010

Official word is NO

Dutch doctors told to discourage male circumcision

Michael Cook | 21 August 2010

But African countries are promoting it.