trevor
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Registered: November 2002
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There was a fairly long segment on the local news the other night about circumcision. It was interesting to hear the different views and rational, but a couple points of interest for me, at least.
Washington is one of the lowest states in percentage of circumsized newborns - about 40% now. Made me kind of proud.
One of the anti-circumcision groups is calling themselves the PLO - Penis Liberation Organization. Unfortunately this TLA - three-letter acroynm - is rubbing some Jewish folks the wrong way.
One doctor seemed to feel that most US docs these days do believe the practice is unecessary medically speaking - he used a word other than "elective" - damned memory - but they don't have moral objections to performing it for religious or personal beliefs. He didn't address "cosmetic" reasons specifically.
Of course there was a range of opinions from extreme activists to the Jewish guys who perform the ritual (hmm - forgot their title, sorry!) There were some (ambulance chasers?) that were trying to get adults to sue doctors for their circumcisions as infants, but one commentator put it appropriately when he said it was ultimately the parents' decision. I do think it would be a terrible precident to start suing doctors over parents orders, or children suing their parents, for that matter.
I say "progress" in the title because, although I don't have a strong opinion on this issue, I do think it's been largely an issue of ignorance in the past. And of course I like all your weenies regardless of natural vs trimmed, so please don't take the subject personally.
Okay, this reminds me to go check up on a project I haven't checked up on in quite awhile . . .
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