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Re: eliminating circumcision
by LarsT

Sure, an adult over 18 can choose.

No one should have one done who cannot consent to it. Period. End of story.

We don't allow female circ in this country. And what right does anyone have to tell a man his own cutting is less extreme than female circ.

Think for a minute. Why does the ONLY surgery we routinely perform on infants involve... the cutting of male genitalia? On its face that should tell you something is very, very suspect about the practice. We don't amputate any other permanent part of the body at birth.

"Society and the government" have a right to prohibit practices that are criminal. And this practice is utterly criminal.

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