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In reply to the discussion: Circumcision is genital mutilation even if most don't want to believe it. [View all]TheProle
(2,271 posts)27. Link?
I'm not interested in what "someone pointed out."
I'll ask another way: Can you provide a reputable source that confirms that circumcision, itself, is now illegal in Florida?
Otherwise, your OP is misleading at best.
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Circumcision is genital mutilation even if most don't want to believe it. [View all]
Maraya1969
May 2023
OP
DeSantis is going to drag Rabbis away and throw them in jail for performing a religious ceremony?
Irish_Dem
May 2023
#4
The Mohel Directly Places His Mouth On And Sucks The Blood From The Baby's Penis
MayReasonRule
May 2023
#86
I don't know if that is legal. How can you designate that it is OK for one group and not another?
Maraya1969
May 2023
#6
Absolutely, no way. It's a medical procedure with proven medical benefits.
marble falls
May 2023
#11
Should be up to the parents...we are living under fascist rule now in some states.
Demsrule86
May 2023
#16
Infant Circumcision Is Genital Mutilation, Assault, and Child Abuse - A Crime Against Humanity
MayReasonRule
May 2023
#19
Why do laugh at that person It is their believe and should be treated with respect
Maraya1969
May 2023
#29
This specific issue aside (I have mixed feeling about it myself), no, there doesn't have to be...
Silent3
May 2023
#34
It is Trump's belief that he can magically de-classify documents using the power of his mind.
11 Bravo
May 2023
#88
I don't agree. My own Dad needed a emergency circumcision in his 40's...it has to do with hygiene
Demsrule86
May 2023
#54
There are medical benefits for circumcision. But it must be left up to the parents IMHO.
Demsrule86
May 2023
#85
He banned genital mutilation. And that includes circumcison and, as someone pointed out pierced
Maraya1969
May 2023
#22
No, but don't you think circumcise is genital mutilation? I think I posted a link to the actual
Maraya1969
May 2023
#28
NO I posted the OP as a stance on this bill. If trans surgery is considered "genital mutilation"
Maraya1969
May 2023
#31
NO you made a declarative statement: "So DeSantis just banned circumcision..."
TheProle
May 2023
#32
I looked for a link stating that his had become law...and there isn't one...posting your opinion is
Demsrule86
May 2023
#55
So you think all these groups that engage in circumcision didn't realize what the bill does?
onenote
May 2023
#74
so the group is ok with cutting off babies' ears...if it's religiously approved? how about feet? nt
msongs
May 2023
#36
The more extreme or intentially biased the wording, the more likely to be bogus.
Hortensis
May 2023
#87
While there is some debate, the CDC concluded there are some health benefits to circumcision.
TomSlick
May 2023
#44
42 replies and only one actually read the statute to determine that it does NOT ban circumcision
hardluck
May 2023
#43
The OP has changed the title of the thread, but hasn't changed the lie in the post
onenote
May 2023
#60
You obviously missed the entire point. But please excuse my dishonesty and arrogance
Maraya1969
May 2023
#62
My point was that circumcision is genital mutilation. And that is based on the way they
Maraya1969
May 2023
#66
No, that wasn't your point. Here's what your OP used to say, in full:
muriel_volestrangler
May 2023
#69