
Australia: MyCircumcisionDisgrace.org (circumcision without father's consent)
Link here. Excerpt:
'My name is Peter. In August 2012 my the 6 week old little boy was subjected to circumcision.
He was circumcised for no medical reason, without his consent and without my consent as his father.
* In my view, society (or a parent) has no right to subject an infant to surgery without medical reason. An infant's body does not belong to parents, he is only in their custody until adulthood.
* My son was circumcised without my consent as father. My son had a natural right to expect that he would have my protection, care and authority. I had a natural right to give him that care, protection and authority. As you will read, every politician, every bureaucrat and the medical regulators are of the mind that the circumcision of my little boy was none of my business.
I DISAGREE.
For a doctor to take the decision to circumcise an infant without the informed, considered consent of both parents represents a blatant moral and ethical failing. If the doctor's decision is defended in law, the act becomes one of state sanctioned bastardry.
After reading some of the inane responses I have received from politicians, bureaucrats and the medical self regulators, perhaps you'll be angry enough to put pen to paper yourself to try and make a difference.
I will be publishing the name and address of the doctor as soon as practical.
The letters to the then Premier Kristina Keneally and the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, form a backdrop to my son's and my journey so far. There two letters can be accessed directly below...'
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