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Judge Chops SF Circumcision Vote

Proposal to ban male circumcision struck from ballot

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 29, 2011 1:41 AM CDT | Updated Jul 29, 2011 4:00 AM CDT

(Newser) – A judge has snipped a proposal to ban male circumcision from San Francisco's November ballot. The judge said the proposal—which would have made it a crime to circumcise males under the age of 18 unless there was "a clear, compelling and immediate medical need"—violated religious freedoms. She struck it from the ballot on the technical grounds that state law prohibits local regulation of medical procedures, Reuters reports.

David Lane of Fairfax, Calif., holds up a sign against circumcision as state Assemblyman Mike Gatto of Los Angeles speaks outside a medical clinic during a news conference in San Francisco.
David Lane of Fairfax, Calif., holds up a sign against circumcision as state Assemblyman Mike Gatto of Los Angeles speaks outside a medical clinic during a news conference in San Francisco.   (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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Riffran
Jul 29, 2011 9:22 PM CDT
san fran is just waaaaaay to worried about the man's penis
fractal
Jul 29, 2011 4:11 PM CDT
I used to work in hospitals and was in the nursery when many babies were circumcised with no anethesia.  They screamed their bloody heads off, while the doctors would laugh and try to tell me they were "just cold".  Anyone who had a heart could see they were in great pain, but since medical school taught the doctors different, they lost the ability to see---or perhaps they just didn't give a damn. There are problems sometimes with circumcisions that last into adulthood.  Some men truly resent being circumcised.  I think it would be better to wait till a boy is a man, and let him decide for himself.  I would sure be pissed if someone carved up my genitals without my permission! 
HMunster
Jul 29, 2011 2:55 PM CDT
It seems that the proposal to ban male circumcision didn't make the cut... 
 

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