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Even in Israel, More and More Parents Choose Not to Circumcise their Sons

Because no systematic record is kept of the number of circumcisions performed in the country ‏(see below‏) there are no exact data.

(TEL AVIV Ha'aretz) - When their first child, a son, was born 11 years ago, it was clear to Eran Sadeh, now 42, and his partner, Maya, 40, that he would be circumcised.

“We arranged it with a mohel [ritual circumciser] and then I started to look for information and references about the man on the Internet,” says Eran, a former lawyer-turned-computer instructor in a software company.

Mandatory Circumcision Not Cost Effective for HIV Prevention

The topic has generated controversy in recent years as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was said to be considering recommendations promoting routine circumcision for HIV prevention.

(SAN DIEGO) - Mandating circumcision in the United States would prevent 24 more cases of HIV than does the traditional optional approach to circumcision.

However it would increase costs by approximately $389 million, making it far less cost effective, an analysis of published data suggests.

The Book of Deuteronomy Excludes Circumcision

"The one who has crushed or mutilated genitals will not be admitted in the assembly of the Lord." (23: 2)

(PARIS, France) - Modern exegesis considers that, unlike the other books of the Bible, the Book of Deuteronomy was written under the direction of Moses with a great unity of style.

Finland Lacks Policy on Religiously-Mandated Male Circumcision

The case is still in the Court of Appeals, and it is too early to say if the Supreme Court will rule on it someday.

(HELSINKI) - The issue of circumcisions performed on boys for religious and cultural reasons has reached a stage in Finland in which it is difficult to find a solution that is acceptable to all.

The Green League voted in favour of a resolution at its party congress a week ago that such procedures should be phased out in Finland either through advice or, if necessary, through legislation.

Sexual Mutilation and the Moral Order

"The child shall be protected from practices that… may foster racial, religious or any other form of discrimination..." - International declaration of the rights of the child

(PARIS, France) - The Jewish philosopher Maimonides ascribes circumcision to a moral order that, under the guise of religion and/or tradition, pretends making supermen.

That tyrannical order tries to dominate the child as the adult in the name of: "Hush, it’s for your own sake!"

CIRCUMCISION as an Organized Crime

Serial killers are usually creatures of habit; they find a method of destruction that works and stick to it. - Colin Evans.[1]

(MONTEREY, CA) - Circumcision is a criminal Genital Dismemberment. It does not matter if it is socialized.

There are two basic types of offenders. One is termed Organized and the second Disorganized. Organized offenders are more controlled and controlling.

Stars and Sexual Mutilation

"A song for human rights I can do." - Singer Carly Bryant

(PARIS, France) - I spoke to Joan Baez at the end of her 21 March 2006 Paris concert in Le grand Rex. I had been waiting for her at the artist exit.

After her formidable singing for at least two hours with an as powerful voice as when young, we glanced at each other over the barrier made by her nervous bodyguards.

International Women Rise to Action Against Female Genital Mutilation

The following is being released by World Women...

(NEW YORK) - As the two week long international conference of the UN Commission on the Status of Women comes to a close on Friday, women are charged to fight all forms of violence against women.

During the conference, there were several sessions on female genital mutilation (FGM) also known as female circumcision, including an "End FGM" concert and a call for support of the UN Global Ban against the practice.

Amnesty Urges RI to Ban Genital Mutilation

In November 2010, the Health Ministry issued a regulation that legitimizes the practice of female genital mutilation.

(JAKARTA, Indonesia) - To mark International Women’s Day on Thursday, human rights watchdog Amnesty International is called on the Indonesian government to repeal a 2010 government regulation permitting “female circumcision”.

The London-based organization also suggested that authorities help eliminate the practice by enacting specific legislation with appropriate penalties prohibiting all forms of female genital mutilation.

Another Newborn Dies from Orthodox Circumcision Ritual

It’s common sense that placing your mouth on a fresh, opened wound is unhealthy for any baby, on any body part, let alone a newborn’s penis...?

(BROOKLYN, NY Babble) - In a truly horrifying story, a two-week old baby boy died in Brooklyn after contracting herpes through an Orthodox religious circumcision ritual.

The official cause of death recently released from the boy’s death last year has been ruled as “disseminated herpes simplex virus Type 1, complicating ritual circumcision with oral suction.”