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CIRCUMCISION
Jewish and Muslim communities alarmed
Let them choose for themselves
Parents love their daughters and think that FGM is good for them, like British parents who sent kids to boarding schools.
Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft, has made many enemies in his healthcare policy campaigns
For the fourth time in 40 years the American Academy of Pediatricians has changed its tune on the controversial topic of infant circumcision. It now says that “preventive health benefits of elective circumcision of male newborns outweigh the risks of the procedure”.
A row over circumcision in Germany has escalated after a formal complaint was lodged against a rabbi in the city of Hof.
A state court decision in Cologne criminalising circumcision has sparked protest among Muslims and Jews for whom it is a religious duty.
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.
A petition to ban circumcision will appear on San Francisco’s November election ballot.
“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.
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.
Province aims to circumcise 2.5 million men by 2014
Official word is NO
But African countries are promoting it.
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