Berlin hospital stops performing circumcisions on boys

[SoCo Intactivists]

Now if we could just get our local hospitals to follow suit and honor the traditional American values of:

• equality,
• fairness,
• equal treatment before the law per the 14th Amendment of the Constitution,
• individual freedom,
• the right to self-determination and being in control of your own destiny,
• respect for precept that the rights of one person end where the rights of another begin,

that would be a good thing indeed.
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Berlin Jewish Hospital to cease circumcisions after German court ruling

The Berlin Jewish Hospital has announced it will cease to conduct circumcisions following a ruling by the district court in Cologne to outlaw them. According to the hospital’s spokesman, “As a result of the lack of legal clarity, the institution has been forced to cease circumcision surgeries for religious purposes until further notice.”
Earlier this week, the Cologne court outlawed circumcisions carried out for religious reasons, saying the practice inflicts physical harm on newborn babies and causes “irreversible damage to the body.” It also determined that freedom of religion and the rights of parents cannot justify the practice. Following the ruling, which sparked uproar among Jewish, Muslim and Christian citizens of Europe, a jurist with a leading role in the legal debate said the court’s decision aims only to delay the act, not ban it, and is not directed against any faith.
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Georg Ehrmann, head of the German organization for children’s aide Deutschen Kinderhilfe, said he supports the court’s decision. “This is a clear sign of child protection. The fact that [circumcision] is a tradition does not mean it is something good,” he said. In addition, a Focus poll showed that more than half of the German public supports banning circumcisions: 56 percent supported the ban while 35 percent opposed it and felt the procedure should continue being carried out.
https://updatednews.ca/2012/06/30/be...-court-ruling/