Mayoral candidate denies claim about circumcision stance

Submitted by Mastodon on Tue, 2013-09-24 05:30

Article here. Excerpt:

'Although he stood next to speakers claiming the opposite, Bill de Blasio [link added] insists his position has not changed on the city’s controversial regulation of a ritual circumcision practice.

At a gigantic get-out-the vote rally in Williamsburg’s Hasidic community last night, where leaders vowed to deliver 10,000 votes for his front-running mayoral campaign, two community leaders declared that Mr. de Blasio was set to eliminate the consent forms required for metzitzah b’peh, a practice involving a mohel sucking blood from the wound, which the city’s health department says can spread disease.

According to video of the event posted Sunday night, one leader said Mr. de Blasio was “the first one in politics to come to our defense on the issue of metzitzah b’peh. And he’s the only candidate that recommitted himself now to guarantee that we as Orthodox Jews can practice [it] without compromise.”'

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Awhile back when the subject of circumcision was brought up, I recall some MRAs saying there was a study about female circumcision and it having the same "medical benefits" as far as STDs, cancer, etc.

It may have been at a different site, but does anyone know what I am talking about or can shed any light on studies about female circumcision having "benefits". I would like some links or reference to those studies to see if they are credible and useful when debating male circumcision

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Submitted by Kris on Wed, 2013-09-25 13:40