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- From: jcopelan@nyx.cs.du.edu (The One and Only)
- Subject: Re: A few facts about circumcision
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- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 93 22:17:45 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec31.160227.24191@cbnewsc.cb.att.com> ajaym@cbnewsc.cb.att.com (alton.jay.mitchell) writes:
- [I wrote]
- >> What basis do you use to justify making this decision for the infant? In
- >> answering this question, I would caution you not to use false analogies
- >> like comparing the circumcision decision to immunizations or any other
- >> decision that parents make for children. With circumcision we are talking
- >> about a medically unnecessary procedure, that if done to an unconsenting
- >> adult would result in legal action against those involved.
- >
- >Whoa! Wait a minute - I don't follow the logic here! Sticking a
- >needle and immunizing an unconsenting adult would definitely be
- >grounds foa suit. What makes you think that is any different than
- >circumsizing an unconsenting adult?
-
- The key difference is medical necessity.
-
- >I don't see why a parent making a decision to circumsize their child
- >is any different than a parent making a decision to remove their
- >child's tonsils (assuming no existing infecction). The point is,
- >until a child is old enough (adult?) to make these decisions for
- >themselves, the parents are responsible for making them AS THEY SEE
- >FIT as long as the child's life is not endangered. Neither a
- >circumcision nor a tonsillectomy is endangering.
-
- I don't think this is so. By your definition, parents could remove the left
- hand of their child (remember, this does not endanger the child's life). I
- think the boundary is a bit more strict than this.
-
- Jim Copeland
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