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Wouldn't surprise me at all. I've read the Constitution many times (as well as many Supreme Court decisions cover to cover).
As a medical procedure - sure. I've looked at the statistics before, and I don't have them in front of me, but it's something like circumcisions are medically necessary in 1 out of 100,0000 or 200,000 male children.
They don't HAVE to be medically necessary. That's not a test that is applied.
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A vast, vast, vast majority of circumcisions (99%+ probably) are not medical in nature - they are religious or cosmetic or out of tradition (routed in Christian purity whether the parent realizes that or not) - not sufficient reason, in my evaluation, to override my fundamental rights of privacy and liberty over my own physical self.
A right your parents get to express when you are a minor. Again, that's the point.
So don't circumcize your kids. What business is it of yours if OTHERS do?
You're right. There is a health issue. The foreskin is a functioning body part necessary for optimal sexual health. Removing it is harmful to the health of men.
You're right. There is a health issue. The foreskin is a functioning body part necessary for optimal sexual health. Removing it is harmful to the health of men.
No, and no.
It's about as functional as an eyebrow.
And I would love to see your definition of "optimal sexual health."
Eye-lids would be a better comparison, serving a similar function.
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