http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/110165/leading-pediatric-group-endorses-circumcision
Eugene --
Would this change your legal analysis with respect to this issue?
Eric
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I don't think it changes my analysis, since I've all along
acknowledged that there are plausible medical arguments in favor of
circumcision. I'm hesitant to treat the AAP statement as materially changing
that, since I take it that there's some disagreement among pediatric groups -
With appreciation to Eric and especially to Eugene for pushing us to think
carefully about the right legal rule regarding circumcision, I wonder if
focusing on even more fundamental considerations can clarify even more.
As I see it, we do not delegate the authority to parents to make decisions
The question is why, in the first place, people should have
rights to control not only their own bodies, but also other people's (their
children's) bodies. I think there are good prudential answers to this question
- as someone put it, no government official will love my
