Circumcision funds cut amid state budget woes

Submitted by anthony on Fri, 2011-06-24 15:05

Article here. Excerpt:

'DENVER — A nationwide debate about circumcisions for newborn boys, combined with cash-strapped public health budgets, has Colorado taking sides with 17 other states that no longer fund Medicaid coverage of the once widely accepted procedure.

For years, Colorado lawmakers considered doing away with funding for circumcisions under Medicaid — a move that would save the state $186,500 a year.

Now facing a seismic budget shortfall estimated to be $1 billion at the beginning of this year, lawmakers finally approved the change, which takes effect July 1.'
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The matter of circumcisions has gotten contentious in California, where San Francisco will be the first city to hold a public vote in November on whether to ban the practice.'

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... the reason for it is not founded in an awareness that circumcision is heinous. Instead it is founded in the need to cut the budget. That ain't good enough, as they say.

Only when circumcision is not only not supported financially by the state but is instead outlawed because of its widely-acknowledged unjust nature will we have a real reason to celebrate.

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Submitted by Matt on Fri, 2011-06-24 22:27