The German court said the circumcision was socially inconspicuous, generally
accepted and customary in history. It said circumcision was not in the
child's best interest because it interfered with his rights of physical
integrity and self-determination. Neither the Court nor Prof. Dorf
I totally agree that moles and foreskins are not like kidneys, lungs or limbs.
I've had three moles removed -- one when I was a child to test if it was
cancerous. And twice adult (to test if it was cancerous and another because it
was a small nuisance). Nature is not perfect. To keep an
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From: Perry Dane
Perry: very helpful. Would you add this as a third category?: if the state
demonstrates that many (most) adult men regret their parents' decision to
circumcise. It's if and when that ever happens -- not before -- that this will
seem like a difficult question.
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I would think that a distinction between physical alteration of
a child's body and other actions would indeed be a sensible one (though not
always a dispositive one), and one that is consistent with our general view
that physical alteration of another's body is an especially
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Subject: RE: Circumcision
I would think that a distinction between physical alteration of
a child's body and other actions would indeed be a sensible one (though not
always a dispositive one), and one that is consistent with our general view
that physical
