Iceland leads the way. Forcibly & irreversibly cutting the genitals of healthy newborns shouldn’t be protected as a “religious freedom.” It’s strange that there is a debate around kids wearing burkas (as there should be) but not around this.https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/feb/18/iceland-ban-male-circumcision-first-european-country …
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Replying to @aliamjadrizvi
Male circumcision is not a mutilation. In the US, it's about removal of a tiny piece of skin by a physician. Female circumcision which is common in Egypt and parts of Africa is an act of mutilation. Wished Iceland would invest in stopping that.
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Replying to @stopcuttingboys @aliamjadrizvi
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) says the benefits of circumcision outweigh the risks..https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/circumcision/about/pac-20393550 …
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I and many others disagree with them. Do you acknowledge its not a tiny piece of skin? http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2012/08/the-aap-report-on-circumcision-bad-science-bad-ethics-bad-medicine/ …
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