Barbara Amiel: Difference between revisions

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While she states that "to make an anti-circumcision law based on the child’s inability to choose is insanity: a child by definition cannot choose anything—whether breastfeeding or tonsillectomy", she also considers that "as for getting consent for circumcision—after reading what is involved in doing it to an adult male, I cannot believe that any man would be mad enough to consent".

The article is illustrated<ref>Archive (2012-10-02): http://www.circleaks.org/index.php?title=File:Amiel.pdf</ref> with a photo of a Mohel performing [~~http://intactipedia.org/index.php?title=Jewish_Circumcision#Metzitzah_B.27peh metzitzah~~ b'peh] on a crying baby who was just circumcised. Metzitzah b'peh is the ritual of oral suction of the blood of the penis, performed by ultra-orthodox Jews, and ~~recently~~ responsible for several cases of babies contracting genital [[herpes]] in NYC, in 2012. At least 2 babies died.

The article is illustrated<ref>Archive ({{date|2012-10-02}}): http://www.circleaks.org/index.php?title=File:Amiel.pdf</ref> with a photo of a Mohel performing [[Metzitzah b'peh]] on a crying baby who was just circumcised. [[Metzitzah b'peh]] is the ritual of oral suction of the blood of the penis, performed by ultra-orthodox Jews, and repeatedly responsible for several cases of babies contracting genital [[herpes]], e.g. in NYC, in 2012. At least 2 babies died already.

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 While she states that "to make an anti-circumcision law based on the child’s inability to choose is insanity: a child by definition cannot choose anything—whether breastfeeding or tonsillectomy", she also considers that "as for getting consent for circumcision—after reading what is involved in doing it to an adult male, I cannot believe that any man would be mad enough to consent".
-The article is illustrated<ref>Archive (2012-10-02): http://www.circleaks.org/index.php?title=File:Amiel.pdf</ref> with a photo of a Mohel performing [http://intactipedia.org/index.php?title=Jewish_Circumcision#Metzitzah_B.27peh metzitzah b'peh] on a crying baby who was just circumcised. Metzitzah b'peh is the ritual of oral suction of the blood of the penis, performed by ultra-orthodox Jews, and recently responsible for several cases of babies contracting genital [[herpes]] in NYC, in 2012. At least 2 babies died.
+The article is illustrated<ref>Archive ({{date|2012-10-02}}): http://www.circleaks.org/index.php?title=File:Amiel.pdf</ref> with a photo of a Mohel performing [[Metzitzah b'peh]] on a crying baby who was just circumcised. [[Metzitzah b'peh]] is the ritual of oral suction of the blood of the penis, performed by ultra-orthodox Jews, and repeatedly responsible for several cases of babies contracting genital [[herpes]], e.g. in NYC, in 2012. At least 2 babies died already.
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