Good, baring medical reasons it’s barbaric. You don’t even need a licence to do it. For poxy religious reasons.
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It should be banned and only done for medical reasons, by a NHS doctor.
If they want to mutilate it at 18 then its up to them.
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LJNodder on
Should only be for phimosis and similar medical issues, never aesthetic or to appease religious doctrine
Ninevehenian on
Iceland and Denmark have attempted to put a minimum age on non-medical circumcision.
This had the support of 85%+ of the voters. It didn’t happen and best explanation claimed that Israel + USA said no.
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Thrasy3 on
“*Potentially* harmful” – I have to assume they are using classic British understatement here and what they mean is “there is no justifiable reason for us to ever risk doing this to a child as some kind of standard procedure”.
SavageRabbitX on
Good. It should be banned for non medical reasons its no different to FGM
ArmPuzzleheaded9666 on
Getting something amputated for medical reasons is fine. Doing it because your sky wizard demands it is a bit surreal.
Known_Original_2046 on
This is crazy to me, my first child was born in the US and I had to constantly remind them that we wanted to leave his foreskin alone. They tried to take him 3-4 times. My British husband was horrified. How is this still a practice??
Blazured on
Honestly the only justification for it is when it’s medically necessary, which is rare. There’s no other reason it should be legal.
gigazero on
Male genital mutilation should have been made illegal many decades ago.
Embolisms on
Will this make any difference given the influence of religion? The NHS can’t even say anything negtive about inbreeding 🤮
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> In certain circumstances, such as the procedure being carried out by those falsely claiming to be suitably qualified practitioners or carried out in non-sterile conditions, it can cross the line into a harmful practice.
It feels like they need to actually legislate so that carrying out circumcisions unless qualified is a criminal offence. And make parents equally liable if they engage the services of an unqualified people. The fact that at present anyone can operate as a circumciser is abhorrent.
Given they evidently aren’t going to actually ban it, then this sort of wooly guidance helps absolutely no one. It’s so vague that almost everything will just be passed off as cultural differences.
lambdaburst on
Calling cutting bits off babies’ genitals “potentially harmful” is probably the most milquetoast way of putting it imaginable
joe3000s on
This practice should be banned on all grounds unless there is explicit consent or medical necessity.
Kukkapen on
If there is unnecessary pain, then it should at least be delayed until age 15 and only done with consent of the boy.
Pocketfulofgeek on
My wife is a teacher and FGM is a topic she has had to do a worrying amount of training to spot signs of and report and she said it was some of the most disturbing stuff she’s had to learn for work. Circumcision feels like the same for males but is treated as just something normal for some reason.
recursant on
I’m just glad Jews and Muslims finally agree on something. Maybe it could even be the start of a lasting peace process.
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Good, baring medical reasons it’s barbaric. You don’t even need a licence to do it. For poxy religious reasons.
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It should be banned and only done for medical reasons, by a NHS doctor.
If they want to mutilate it at 18 then its up to them.
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Should only be for phimosis and similar medical issues, never aesthetic or to appease religious doctrine
Iceland and Denmark have attempted to put a minimum age on non-medical circumcision.
This had the support of 85%+ of the voters. It didn’t happen and best explanation claimed that Israel + USA said no.
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“*Potentially* harmful” – I have to assume they are using classic British understatement here and what they mean is “there is no justifiable reason for us to ever risk doing this to a child as some kind of standard procedure”.
Good. It should be banned for non medical reasons its no different to FGM
Getting something amputated for medical reasons is fine. Doing it because your sky wizard demands it is a bit surreal.
This is crazy to me, my first child was born in the US and I had to constantly remind them that we wanted to leave his foreskin alone. They tried to take him 3-4 times. My British husband was horrified. How is this still a practice??
Honestly the only justification for it is when it’s medically necessary, which is rare. There’s no other reason it should be legal.
Male genital mutilation should have been made illegal many decades ago.
Will this make any difference given the influence of religion? The NHS can’t even say anything negtive about inbreeding 🤮
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> In certain circumstances, such as the procedure being carried out by those falsely claiming to be suitably qualified practitioners or carried out in non-sterile conditions, it can cross the line into a harmful practice.
It feels like they need to actually legislate so that carrying out circumcisions unless qualified is a criminal offence. And make parents equally liable if they engage the services of an unqualified people. The fact that at present anyone can operate as a circumciser is abhorrent.
Given they evidently aren’t going to actually ban it, then this sort of wooly guidance helps absolutely no one. It’s so vague that almost everything will just be passed off as cultural differences.
Calling cutting bits off babies’ genitals “potentially harmful” is probably the most milquetoast way of putting it imaginable
This practice should be banned on all grounds unless there is explicit consent or medical necessity.
If there is unnecessary pain, then it should at least be delayed until age 15 and only done with consent of the boy.
My wife is a teacher and FGM is a topic she has had to do a worrying amount of training to spot signs of and report and she said it was some of the most disturbing stuff she’s had to learn for work. Circumcision feels like the same for males but is treated as just something normal for some reason.
I’m just glad Jews and Muslims finally agree on something. Maybe it could even be the start of a lasting peace process.