Circumcision requires some forethought
Thursday, April 18th, 2013 Posted in Medical | No Comments »Opinion April 3, 2013 at 6:43 PM | Danielle Palmer-Friedman Today, approximately half of the male population of the United States is circumcised at birth, meaning approximately half of American parents are making the choice to remove part of their ...
Cultural Bias in the AAP’s 2012 Technical Report and Policy Statement on Male Circumcision
Thursday, April 18th, 2013 Posted in Medical | No Comments »Abstract The American Academy of Pediatrics recently released its new Tech- nical Report and Policy Statement on male circumcision, concluding that current evidence indicates that the health benefits of newborn male circumcision outweigh the risks. The technical report is based on the scrutiny of a ...
Dr. Jerome Segal: - “Als Jude sage ich, Beschneidung ist ein barbarischer Akt“
Thursday, December 6th, 2012 Posted in Medical | No Comments »Article in German. Translation of the title: "As a Jew I say that circumcision is a barbaric act." - Dr. Jerome Segal (Wien, 5.12.12, PUR) Auch Juden brechen nun ihr Schweigen und kritisieren Beschneidung an nicht einwilligungsfähigen Babys als barbarischen Akt. Wissenschaftshistoriker ...
Charges brought against two religious circumcisers for the first time in Austria
Wednesday, December 5th, 2012 Posted in Medical | No Comments »Submitted by: Sepp Rothwangl Criminal charge: grievous bodily harm inflicted on at least 2000 babies and small children (Vienna, 29 November 2012) – Charges are being brought against the community rabbi and mohel of the Jewish Religious Community in Vienna. The rabbi ...
When will people learn?
Monday, November 12th, 2012 Posted in Medical | No Comments »Courthouse News Service, Friday Nov 12, 2012 By Erik De La Garza EDINBURG, Texas (CN) - A doctor botched a circumcision of a 4-year-old boy so badly that the boy pleaded to "just cut it off and (he) can be a ...