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This article collects reports of children who have died as a result of [[HGM|genital mutilation]]. Of course, the list does not claim to be exhaustive. | This article collects reports of children who have died as a result of [[HGM|genital mutilation]]. Of course, the list does not claim to be exhaustive. | ||
| − | == 2018 == | + | == 21st century == |
| + | === 2018 === | ||
* December 23 [[MGM]]: [https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article186043088/Italien-Kleinkind-verblutet-nach-seiner-Beschneidung.html Italy: Toddler dies from bleeding after his circumcision], 1 boy, 2 years | * December 23 [[MGM]]: [https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article186043088/Italien-Kleinkind-verblutet-nach-seiner-Beschneidung.html Italy: Toddler dies from bleeding after his circumcision], 1 boy, 2 years | ||
* December 23 [[MGM]]: [https://www.deutschlandfunknova.de/nachrichten/suedafrika-tote-nach-beschneidungsritual South Africa: Deads after circumcision], 21 boys, adolescent | * December 23 [[MGM]]: [https://www.deutschlandfunknova.de/nachrichten/suedafrika-tote-nach-beschneidungsritual South Africa: Deads after circumcision], 21 boys, adolescent | ||
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* May 26 [[MGM]]: [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/cwc-seeks-report-on-infants-death/articleshow/64424497.cms Baby died from bleeding the next day], 1 boy, 29 days | * May 26 [[MGM]]: [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/cwc-seeks-report-on-infants-death/articleshow/64424497.cms Baby died from bleeding the next day], 1 boy, 29 days | ||
| − | == 2017 == | + | === 2017 === |
* 18.09. [[MGM]]: [https://torino.repubblica.it/cronaca/2017/09/18/news/piemonte_prezzo_politico_per_la_circoncisione_rituale_in_ospedale_obiettivo_evitare_tragedie-175844861/ Turin: Little Henry was just 50 days old], 1 boy, 50 days | * 18.09. [[MGM]]: [https://torino.repubblica.it/cronaca/2017/09/18/news/piemonte_prezzo_politico_per_la_circoncisione_rituale_in_ospedale_obiettivo_evitare_tragedie-175844861/ Turin: Little Henry was just 50 days old], 1 boy, 50 days | ||
| − | == 2015 == | + | === 2015 === |
* March 31 [[MGM]]: [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153948390101937&set=a.453108571936&type=3&theater Kevin Lloyd Cagle, San Francisco, California], suicide | * March 31 [[MGM]]: [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153948390101937&set=a.453108571936&type=3&theater Kevin Lloyd Cagle, San Francisco, California], suicide | ||
| − | == 2012 == | + | === 2012 === |
* September 16 [[MGM]]: [https://bartonfuneral.com/2012/09/21/jacob-cole-sweet/ Jacob Cole Sweet dies as a result of circumcision infection by [[RIC]] and subsequent brain damage following incorrect medication] | * September 16 [[MGM]]: [https://bartonfuneral.com/2012/09/21/jacob-cole-sweet/ Jacob Cole Sweet dies as a result of circumcision infection by [[RIC]] and subsequent brain damage following incorrect medication] | ||
* April 27 [[MGM]]: [http://circumstitionsnews.blogspot.com/2012/05/uttar-pradesh-india-two-boys-die-from.html In May 2012, the Indian Deccan Chronicle reported that two boys in Bodhan had died of uncontrollable bleeding after circumcision.] | * April 27 [[MGM]]: [http://circumstitionsnews.blogspot.com/2012/05/uttar-pradesh-india-two-boys-die-from.html In May 2012, the Indian Deccan Chronicle reported that two boys in Bodhan had died of uncontrollable bleeding after circumcision.] | ||
* April 17 [[MGM]]: [https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/04/17/mother-of-two-shot-dead/ Pakistan Today reported the death of 15-day-old infant Ali in April 2012. Ali was to be circumcised in a private clinic, where he died of an injection given him by a doctor.] | * April 17 [[MGM]]: [https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/04/17/mother-of-two-shot-dead/ Pakistan Today reported the death of 15-day-old infant Ali in April 2012. Ali was to be circumcised in a private clinic, where he died of an injection given him by a doctor.] | ||
| − | == 2011 == | + | === 2011 === |
* September 28 [[MGM]]: [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/08/nyregion/infants-death-renews-debate-over-a-circumcision-ritual.html In September 2011, a two-week-old boy died at Maimonides Hospital in Brooklyn of a herpes infection caused by ritual circumcision with oral aspiration of the blood (Metzitzah b'peh).] | * September 28 [[MGM]]: [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/08/nyregion/infants-death-renews-debate-over-a-circumcision-ritual.html In September 2011, a two-week-old boy died at Maimonides Hospital in Brooklyn of a herpes infection caused by ritual circumcision with oral aspiration of the blood (Metzitzah b'peh).] | ||
| − | == 2010 == | + | === 2010 === |
* September [[MGM]]: An online Bangladeshi newspaper published the headline in September 2010 that a six-year-old had died before circumcision. Sajjad Hossain Mimu was to be circumcised by a village doctor. He was given three injections of the local anesthetic lidocaine before the operation, whereupon the child became ill and lost consciousness. The father took his son to a hospital where the doctors pronounced Sajjad dead. They suspected that he had died of an overdose of the narcotic. The boy's father planned to file a complaint against the doctor who had fled shortly after the boy's death.<ref name="pro">http://pro-kinderrechte.de/tod-nach-beschneidung-eine-ubersicht/</ref> | * September [[MGM]]: An online Bangladeshi newspaper published the headline in September 2010 that a six-year-old had died before circumcision. Sajjad Hossain Mimu was to be circumcised by a village doctor. He was given three injections of the local anesthetic lidocaine before the operation, whereupon the child became ill and lost consciousness. The father took his son to a hospital where the doctors pronounced Sajjad dead. They suspected that he had died of an overdose of the narcotic. The boy's father planned to file a complaint against the doctor who had fled shortly after the boy's death.<ref name="pro">http://pro-kinderrechte.de/tod-nach-beschneidung-eine-ubersicht/</ref> | ||
| − | == 2008 == | + | === 2008 === |
* June 19 [[MGM]]: [http://ricerca.gelocal.it/tribunatreviso/archivio/tribunatreviso/2008/06/06/TB1PO_TB101.html In Treviso, Italy, a Nigerian boy died in June 2008 of cardiac arrest after blood loss after a circumcision performed at home. The baby was called Evidence Obosee Prince Aseh and was two months old, reported the Tribuna di Treviso.] | * June 19 [[MGM]]: [http://ricerca.gelocal.it/tribunatreviso/archivio/tribunatreviso/2008/06/06/TB1PO_TB101.html In Treviso, Italy, a Nigerian boy died in June 2008 of cardiac arrest after blood loss after a circumcision performed at home. The baby was called Evidence Obosee Prince Aseh and was two months old, reported the Tribuna di Treviso.] | ||
* June 13 [[MGM]]: [http://www.circumstitions.com/news/news34.html#death-sd In June 2008, six-week-old Eric Keefe died of circumcision at Rosebud's Indian Health Service Hospital in South Dakota.] | * June 13 [[MGM]]: [http://www.circumstitions.com/news/news34.html#death-sd In June 2008, six-week-old Eric Keefe died of circumcision at Rosebud's Indian Health Service Hospital in South Dakota.] | ||
| − | == 2007 == | + | === 2007 === |
* November [[MGM]]: [http://www.cirp.org/news/expressindia2007-11-20/ Ten-year-old Kuldeep Kumar Vishnubhai Patel died in November 2007 about two hours after his circumcision at Anand Hospital in Unjha, India.] | * November [[MGM]]: [http://www.cirp.org/news/expressindia2007-11-20/ Ten-year-old Kuldeep Kumar Vishnubhai Patel died in November 2007 about two hours after his circumcision at Anand Hospital in Unjha, India.] | ||
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* July [[MGM]]: In Rawalpindi, Pakistan, a baby died of blood loss in July 2007 after the doctor did not properly perform the circumcision. The operation was carried out in the boy's home, the Daily Times reported.<ref name="pro" /> | * July [[MGM]]: In Rawalpindi, Pakistan, a baby died of blood loss in July 2007 after the doctor did not properly perform the circumcision. The operation was carried out in the boy's home, the Daily Times reported.<ref name="pro" /> | ||
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* June [[MGM]]: [http://www.pravdareport.com/society/stories/02-07-2008/105666-circumcision-0/ In Kazan, Russia, the four-year-old Rifat died in June 2007 after a ritual circumcision in the hospital.] | * June [[MGM]]: [http://www.pravdareport.com/society/stories/02-07-2008/105666-circumcision-0/ In Kazan, Russia, the four-year-old Rifat died in June 2007 after a ritual circumcision in the hospital.] | ||
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* February [[MGM]]: [https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/baby-bled-to-death-after-circumcision-inquest-told-cvrmhlsqh6h In February 2007, nine-year-old Celian Noumbiwe bleed to death after circumcision by a physician in Reading, Berkshire.] | * February [[MGM]]: [https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/baby-bled-to-death-after-circumcision-inquest-told-cvrmhlsqh6h In February 2007, nine-year-old Celian Noumbiwe bleed to death after circumcision by a physician in Reading, Berkshire.] | ||
| − | == 2006 == | + | === 2006 === |
* August 07 [[MGM]]: [https://www.abendblatt.de/hamburg/polizeimeldungen/article108513011/Toter-Franjo-Strafe-fuer-Aerztin-auf-18-Monate-gemildert.html Dead Franjo: penalty for female doctor reduced to 18 months], 1 boy (Franjo O.), 4 years | * August 07 [[MGM]]: [https://www.abendblatt.de/hamburg/polizeimeldungen/article108513011/Toter-Franjo-Strafe-fuer-Aerztin-auf-18-Monate-gemildert.html Dead Franjo: penalty for female doctor reduced to 18 months], 1 boy (Franjo O.), 4 years | ||
* [[MGM]]: The son of Ramil Sadekov, the imam of the historic mosque in Moscow, Salikh Sadekow was only a month old. The imam had contacted the circumciser due to an advertising campaign, and the operation was carried out in the imam's apartment. At first, it seemed that the circumcision had been successful and uncomplicated, but Salikh's condition soon began to deteriorate rapidly. At 5am, parents noticed that their baby was breathing slower than usual. His fingers became cold and green. He died of blood loss before the ambulance arrived.<ref name="pro" /> | * [[MGM]]: The son of Ramil Sadekov, the imam of the historic mosque in Moscow, Salikh Sadekow was only a month old. The imam had contacted the circumciser due to an advertising campaign, and the operation was carried out in the imam's apartment. At first, it seemed that the circumcision had been successful and uncomplicated, but Salikh's condition soon began to deteriorate rapidly. At 5am, parents noticed that their baby was breathing slower than usual. His fingers became cold and green. He died of blood loss before the ambulance arrived.<ref name="pro" /> | ||
| − | == 2004 == | + | === 2004 === |
* October [[MGM]]: [http://www.cirp.org/news/jewishweek02-10-05/ In October 2004, a baby died from a herpes infection ten days after being circumcised by a mohel.] | * October [[MGM]]: [http://www.cirp.org/news/jewishweek02-10-05/ In October 2004, a baby died from a herpes infection ten days after being circumcised by a mohel.] | ||
| − | == 2003 == | + | === 2003 === |
* August 17 [[MGM]]: [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/sep/07/theobserver As the Guardian reported in September 2003, Callis Osaghae had died three weeks earlier after a botched circumcision.] | * August 17 [[MGM]]: [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/sep/07/theobserver As the Guardian reported in September 2003, Callis Osaghae had died three weeks earlier after a botched circumcision.] | ||
* April 23 [[MGM]]: [http://www.cirp.org/news/singapore2007-06-25/ In Singapore's Electric New Paper, it was reported in June 2007 that four-year-old Nui Jia Yuan had died in 2003 from a crooked circumcision.] | * April 23 [[MGM]]: [http://www.cirp.org/news/singapore2007-06-25/ In Singapore's Electric New Paper, it was reported in June 2007 that four-year-old Nui Jia Yuan had died in 2003 from a crooked circumcision.] | ||
| − | == 2002 == | + | === 2002 === |
* August [[MGM]]: [http://www.cirp.org/news/theprovince02-13-04/ Ryleigh novel Bryan McWillis died in August 2002 at the age of one month and one day.] | * August [[MGM]]: [http://www.cirp.org/news/theprovince02-13-04/ Ryleigh novel Bryan McWillis died in August 2002 at the age of one month and one day.] | ||
| − | == 2001 == | + | === 2001 === |
* June 23 [[MGM]]: [http://www.cirp.org/news/theindependent06-27-05/ In June 2001, 8-year-old Habibur Rahman died in Bangladesh after being circumcised by a doctor.] | * June 23 [[MGM]]: [http://www.cirp.org/news/theindependent06-27-05/ In June 2001, 8-year-old Habibur Rahman died in Bangladesh after being circumcised by a doctor.] | ||
| − | == 1999 == | + | == 20th century == |
| + | === 1999 === | ||
* August [[MGM]]: [http://www.cirp.org/news/aftonbladet02-09-01/ In August 1999, a three-year-old boy was circumcised in Stockholm by a doctor. He was dead a few hours after the procedure.] | * August [[MGM]]: [http://www.cirp.org/news/aftonbladet02-09-01/ In August 1999, a three-year-old boy was circumcised in Stockholm by a doctor. He was dead a few hours after the procedure.] | ||
| − | == 1998 == | + | === 1998 === |
* October 20 [[MGM]]: [http://noharmm.org/evansdeath.htm NewsNet4 of Cleveland, Ohio, USA reported in October 1998 on the death of infant Dustin Evans.] | * October 20 [[MGM]]: [http://noharmm.org/evansdeath.htm NewsNet4 of Cleveland, Ohio, USA reported in October 1998 on the death of infant Dustin Evans.] | ||
| − | == 1995 == | + | === 1995 === |
* July 28 [[MGM]]: [http://www.cirp.org/news/1995.07.28_HoustonChronicle/ In July 1995, the Houston Chronicle (Texas, USA) reported the death of five-year-old Jeremie Johnson.] | * July 28 [[MGM]]: [http://www.cirp.org/news/1995.07.28_HoustonChronicle/ In July 1995, the Houston Chronicle (Texas, USA) reported the death of five-year-old Jeremie Johnson.] | ||
| − | == 1993 == | + | === 1993 === |
* June 21 [[MGM]]: [http://www.cirp.org/news/1993.06.21_death/ The Miami Herald reported in June 1993, the six-month-old Demetrius Manker bleeding after a routine circumcision.] | * June 21 [[MGM]]: [http://www.cirp.org/news/1993.06.21_death/ The Miami Herald reported in June 1993, the six-month-old Demetrius Manker bleeding after a routine circumcision.] | ||
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| + | === 1998 === | ||
| + | * October [[MGM]]: Dustin Evans: Cleveland, OH, USA. | ||
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| + | === 1995 === | ||
| + | * July 18 [[MGM]]: Jeremie Johnson: Died July 18, 1995, Houston, TX, USA.<ref>Lyndia Lum, Ruth Sorelle. Boy's death to be probed. Houston Chronicle, Houston, Texas, Friday, July 28, 1995, page 28A.</ref> | ||
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| + | === 1993 === | ||
| + | * June 23 [[MGM]]: Demetrius Manker: Carol City, Dade County, Florida, USA.<ref>Baby bleeds to death after circumcision. Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, June 26, 1993.</ref> | ||
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| + | === 1992 === | ||
| + | * July 8 [[MGM]]: Allen A. Ervin: Spartanburg, SC | ||
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| + | === 1991 === | ||
| + | * July [[MGM]]: Raju Miah: Death by circumcision. Birmingham, England, United Kingdom. | ||
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| + | === 1990 === | ||
| + | * [[MGM]] Boma Oruitemeka: Death by circumcision, severe hemorrhage. London, England, UK. | ||
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| + | === 1986 === | ||
| + | * November [[MGM]]: Steven Christopher Chacon: San Francisco, CA, USA. | ||
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| + | === 1982 === | ||
| + | * November [[MGM]]: Christopher Dolezal: Des Moines, IA, USA. | ||
| + | |||
| + | === 1974 === | ||
| + | * June 9 [[MGM]]: Chino Burrell: 7-months-old, death by circumcision, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. | ||
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| + | === 1957 === | ||
| + | * [[MGM]]: Bruce Wechsler: infant boy, Staph infection following circumcision. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. | ||
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| + | === 1942 === | ||
| + | * December [[MGM]]: "J.B.": Evanston, Illinois, USA. | ||
| + | * April [[MGM]]: Baby boy Lebeau, death by circumcision, Quebec, Canada. | ||
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| + | === 1932 === | ||
| + | * [[MGM]]: Roland Albert McCarty: infant boy. Death by infection of circumcision wound. Jacksonville, Florida, USA. | ||
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| + | === 1927 === | ||
| + | * August 21 [[MGM]]: Michael Julian Baldwin: infant boy, 4-days-old, hemorrhage after circumcision. Monroe County, Indiana, USA. | ||
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| + | === 1910 === | ||
| + | * June 10 [[MGM]]: Aleck, Baby Boy: Island County, Washington, USA. | ||
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| + | == 19th century == | ||
| + | === 1858 === | ||
| + | * April 18 [[MGM]]: Myer Jacob Levy: 8-days-old, bled to death after circumcision, New York, NY, USA. | ||
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| + | === 1856 === | ||
| + | * December 14 [[MGM]]: Julius Katzenstein: 8-days-old, bled to death after circumcision, New York, NY, USA. | ||
== Antiquity == | == Antiquity == | ||
The fact that circumcision on infants regularly led to deaths is shown by the fact that the Talmud of Babylon, Yebamoth 64b,<ref>http://www.come-and-hear.com/yebamoth/yebamoth_64.html</ref> provides for when the first two (or three) sons have died after circumcision, subsequent sons no longer need to be circumcised. | The fact that circumcision on infants regularly led to deaths is shown by the fact that the Talmud of Babylon, Yebamoth 64b,<ref>http://www.come-and-hear.com/yebamoth/yebamoth_64.html</ref> provides for when the first two (or three) sons have died after circumcision, subsequent sons no longer need to be circumcised. | ||
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== Other web pages with lists == | == Other web pages with lists == | ||
Revision as of 17:12, 28 January 2019
This article collects reports of children who have died as a result of genital mutilation. Of course, the list does not claim to be exhaustive.
Contents
21st century
2018
- December 23 MGM: Italy: Toddler dies from bleeding after his circumcision, 1 boy, 2 years
- December 23 MGM: South Africa: Deads after circumcision, 21 boys, adolescent
- December 21 FGM: Sierra Leone: Bloody ritual with deadly consequences, 1 girl, 10 years
- May 26 MGM: Baby died from bleeding the next day, 1 boy, 29 days
2017
- 18.09. MGM: Turin: Little Henry was just 50 days old, 1 boy, 50 days
2015
- March 31 MGM: Kevin Lloyd Cagle, San Francisco, California, suicide
2012
- September 16 MGM: Jacob Cole Sweet dies as a result of circumcision infection by RIC and subsequent brain damage following incorrect medication
- April 27 MGM: In May 2012, the Indian Deccan Chronicle reported that two boys in Bodhan had died of uncontrollable bleeding after circumcision.
- April 17 MGM: Pakistan Today reported the death of 15-day-old infant Ali in April 2012. Ali was to be circumcised in a private clinic, where he died of an injection given him by a doctor.
2011
- September 28 MGM: In September 2011, a two-week-old boy died at Maimonides Hospital in Brooklyn of a herpes infection caused by ritual circumcision with oral aspiration of the blood (Metzitzah b'peh).
2010
- September MGM: An online Bangladeshi newspaper published the headline in September 2010 that a six-year-old had died before circumcision. Sajjad Hossain Mimu was to be circumcised by a village doctor. He was given three injections of the local anesthetic lidocaine before the operation, whereupon the child became ill and lost consciousness. The father took his son to a hospital where the doctors pronounced Sajjad dead. They suspected that he had died of an overdose of the narcotic. The boy's father planned to file a complaint against the doctor who had fled shortly after the boy's death.[1]
2008
- June 19 MGM: In Treviso, Italy, a Nigerian boy died in June 2008 of cardiac arrest after blood loss after a circumcision performed at home. The baby was called Evidence Obosee Prince Aseh and was two months old, reported the Tribuna di Treviso.
- June 13 MGM: In June 2008, six-week-old Eric Keefe died of circumcision at Rosebud's Indian Health Service Hospital in South Dakota.
2007
- November MGM: Ten-year-old Kuldeep Kumar Vishnubhai Patel died in November 2007 about two hours after his circumcision at Anand Hospital in Unjha, India.
- July MGM: In Rawalpindi, Pakistan, a baby died of blood loss in July 2007 after the doctor did not properly perform the circumcision. The operation was carried out in the boy's home, the Daily Times reported.[1]
- June MGM: In Kazan, Russia, the four-year-old Rifat died in June 2007 after a ritual circumcision in the hospital.
- February MGM: In February 2007, nine-year-old Celian Noumbiwe bleed to death after circumcision by a physician in Reading, Berkshire.
2006
- August 07 MGM: Dead Franjo: penalty for female doctor reduced to 18 months, 1 boy (Franjo O.), 4 years
- MGM: The son of Ramil Sadekov, the imam of the historic mosque in Moscow, Salikh Sadekow was only a month old. The imam had contacted the circumciser due to an advertising campaign, and the operation was carried out in the imam's apartment. At first, it seemed that the circumcision had been successful and uncomplicated, but Salikh's condition soon began to deteriorate rapidly. At 5am, parents noticed that their baby was breathing slower than usual. His fingers became cold and green. He died of blood loss before the ambulance arrived.[1]
2004
- October MGM: In October 2004, a baby died from a herpes infection ten days after being circumcised by a mohel.
2003
- August 17 MGM: As the Guardian reported in September 2003, Callis Osaghae had died three weeks earlier after a botched circumcision.
- April 23 MGM: In Singapore's Electric New Paper, it was reported in June 2007 that four-year-old Nui Jia Yuan had died in 2003 from a crooked circumcision.
2002
2001
- June 23 MGM: In June 2001, 8-year-old Habibur Rahman died in Bangladesh after being circumcised by a doctor.
20th century
1999
- August MGM: In August 1999, a three-year-old boy was circumcised in Stockholm by a doctor. He was dead a few hours after the procedure.
1998
- October 20 MGM: NewsNet4 of Cleveland, Ohio, USA reported in October 1998 on the death of infant Dustin Evans.
1995
- July 28 MGM: In July 1995, the Houston Chronicle (Texas, USA) reported the death of five-year-old Jeremie Johnson.
1993
- June 21 MGM: The Miami Herald reported in June 1993, the six-month-old Demetrius Manker bleeding after a routine circumcision.
1998
- October MGM: Dustin Evans: Cleveland, OH, USA.
1995
1993
1992
- July 8 MGM: Allen A. Ervin: Spartanburg, SC
1991
- July MGM: Raju Miah: Death by circumcision. Birmingham, England, United Kingdom.
1990
- MGM Boma Oruitemeka: Death by circumcision, severe hemorrhage. London, England, UK.
1986
- November MGM: Steven Christopher Chacon: San Francisco, CA, USA.
1982
- November MGM: Christopher Dolezal: Des Moines, IA, USA.
1974
- June 9 MGM: Chino Burrell: 7-months-old, death by circumcision, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1957
- MGM: Bruce Wechsler: infant boy, Staph infection following circumcision. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
1942
- December MGM: "J.B.": Evanston, Illinois, USA.
- April MGM: Baby boy Lebeau, death by circumcision, Quebec, Canada.
1932
- MGM: Roland Albert McCarty: infant boy. Death by infection of circumcision wound. Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
1927
- August 21 MGM: Michael Julian Baldwin: infant boy, 4-days-old, hemorrhage after circumcision. Monroe County, Indiana, USA.
1910
- June 10 MGM: Aleck, Baby Boy: Island County, Washington, USA.
19th century
1858
- April 18 MGM: Myer Jacob Levy: 8-days-old, bled to death after circumcision, New York, NY, USA.
1856
- December 14 MGM: Julius Katzenstein: 8-days-old, bled to death after circumcision, New York, NY, USA.
Antiquity
The fact that circumcision on infants regularly led to deaths is shown by the fact that the Talmud of Babylon, Yebamoth 64b,[4] provides for when the first two (or three) sons have died after circumcision, subsequent sons no longer need to be circumcised.
Other web pages with lists
The following websites maintain lists with fatalities due to circumcision on minors, too. Some cases are listed above, but are commented in detail or with more information on the following web pages.
- Beschneidungsforum.de, German
- Online memorial for all victims of child circumcision, Facebook page, German
- Pro-Kinderrechte.de, German
- Wise Woman Way of Birth
References
- ↑ a b c http://pro-kinderrechte.de/tod-nach-beschneidung-eine-ubersicht/
- ↑ Lyndia Lum, Ruth Sorelle. Boy's death to be probed. Houston Chronicle, Houston, Texas, Friday, July 28, 1995, page 28A.
- ↑ Baby bleeds to death after circumcision. Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, June 26, 1993.
- ↑ http://www.come-and-hear.com/yebamoth/yebamoth_64.html