Another Democratic Profile in Courage
De Blasio Set to Waive Rule Requiring Consent Form for Circumcision Ritual
The administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio, under pressure from ultra-Orthodox rabbis, is set to ease New York City’s regulations on a controversial circumcision ritual that has been linked to herpes infections in infants.
The city is seeking to waive a rule that requires parents to sign a consent form before the ritual, which involves the circumciser using his mouth to suck blood away from the incision on a boy’s penis. The ritual is common among some branches of Orthodox and ultra-Orthodox Judaism.
Administration officials on Tuesday announced a new policy that they described as a compromise between reducing health risks for infants and protecting the religious freedoms of those who cherish the ritual, known as metzitzah b’peh, or oral suction.
More at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/25/nyregion/de-blasio-set-to-waive-rule-requiring-consent-form-for-circumcision-ritual.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=second-column-region
"...compromise between reducing health risks for infants and protecting the religious freedoms..." What courage...
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