Imagine not having the choice to have your son to be circumcized. In San Fransisco a group of young men got enough signatures to have a proposed ban on the foreskin-cutting procedure. If the ban is approved then the circumcision of minors would be charged $1,000, or up to one year in prison. This outlaw could cause problems with people who are Jewish because it could violate the First Amendment protection of religious freedom. The World Health Organization recommends circumcision so that it will reduce the spread of HIV. Infant circumcision rates dropped to 32 per cent in 2006 from 47 per cent in 1973.
I personally think this whole debate is just stupid. Honestly, why does it matter what another man does with his own private parts. Who could be so driven, so narrow minded to even want to outlaw circumcision. I mean why does circumcision bother people so much, so much that they would want to ban it and violate the First Amendment. Jewish people get circumcised because it is part of their religion and why would you try to change that, the only thing that could come from this outlawing would be more debate, rebelliousness from the citizens because they're not going to change their ways, especially ways that have been done for centuries. I ust think the effort is just pointless because no good will come of this.
This proposed law doesn't affect what a man does with his own private parts. That would still be legal. The issue is what one person does to another person's private parts. A person can cut his own healthy genitals, but may not consent to cut another's, even if they share DNA.
ReplyDeleteNor does this proposed ban violate the First Amendment. That protects individual rights, not collective rights to impose surgery on another. Each person has an individual right to adhere - or not - to the commandments of a religion. Circumcising children violates that right.