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}}</ref><ref name="johnson2006">{{REFnews
|title=Judge takes father's side in circumcision feud
|url=http://www.cirp.org/news/chicagosun-times2006-10-24/
|last=Johnson
|first=Carla
|coauthors=
|publisher=Chicago Sun-Times
|website=
|date=2006-10-24
|accessdate=2020-05-04
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|date=2006-02-17
|accessdate=2020-5-07
|quote=
}}</ref> now known as Mrs. Rovin, secretly scheduled a non-therapeutic circumcision for her son to please her new husband in violation of the divorce decree.<ref name="arcnews2006">{{REFweb
It was brought out that circumcision risks serious psychological damage.<ref name="appendixone"/>
Judge Kaplan ruled on Tuesday, October 24, 2006 that the now nine-year-old boy should not be circumcised. In his ruling, he described circumcision as "''an extraordinary medical procedure as it relates to a nine-year-old child''". He issued an injunction to block the procedure and to protect the boy from circumcision until he turns 18 and can decide for himself.<ref name="johnson2006">{{REFnews |title=Judge takes father's side in circumcision feud |url=http://www.cirp.org/news/chicagosun-times2006-10-24/ |last=Johnson |first=Carla |coauthors= |publisher=Chicago Sun-Times |website= |date=2006-10-24 |accessdate=2020-05-04 |quote=}}</ref><ref name="reuters2006">{{REFnews
|title=Judge rules 9-year-old need not get circumcised.
|url=http://www.cirp.org/news/reuters2006-10-25/