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San Francisco Considers Male Circumcision Ban
By Paul Wachter - AOL News(Nov. 12) -- Fresh off their city's banning of Happy Meals, some San Francisco residents want to put a stop to another cruelty inflicted upon young children: male circumcision. "A proposed ballot measure for the November 2011 ballot -- when voters will be electing San Francisco's next mayor -- would amend The City's police code 'to make it a misdemeanor to circumcise, excise, cut or mutilate the foreskin, testicle or penis of another person who has not attained the age of 18,'" The San Francisco Examiner reports. The practice is standard in the United States and has spread far beyond ...
V-Necks Out, Turtlenecks In: US Circumcision Rates Declining
By Joe Peacock - AOL News(Aug. 19) -- More men are passing over the short-sleeve look for turtlenecks, if you know what I mean. And if you don't, I'm talking about penises. More specifically, the foreskin of the penis, which in most Jewish and Muslim households -- and many Christian ones as well -- is lopped off at birth in a tradition dating back before there was soap. Paul Sakuma, AP Apple CEO Steve Jobs is famous for promoting turtleneck fashion, but not, of course, the type we are talking about. Apparently some health officials have been pushing for more circumcision, believing that it might slow the spread ...
Easter vs. Passover: What's a Catholic Jewish-Wannabe to Do?
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyPassover begins this week, followed quickly by Easter. As a former Catholic married to a Jew, I hate this time of year. It reminds me -- once again -- of just how unresolved my husband and I are about the status of religion within our family. This is not a new issue for us. My husband and I have periodically mulled it over ever since we took an interfaith workshop titled "I'm Jewish; You're Not" at a University Hillel 12 years ago. By mutual agreement, we ruled out Christianity early on. But we've still never managed to come to any closure on the Judaism part of the equation. Sure, we've had ...
Circumcision Gains Ground as Anti-AIDS Measure
By Bill Morris - AOL News(Dec. 14) -- In the past year, 60,000 men have been circumcised in a single province in Kenya, raising hopes that an effective and still underutilized tool for fighting AIDS could gain acceptance across sub-Saharan Africa, where 22.4 million people are HIV-positive. Michael Stalker, deputy director of the Male Circumcision Consortium, is encouraged. "Without this effort," he says, "you would have an estimated 15,000 more people with HIV in this one province in Kenya." The consortium was formed after randomized controlled trials in Kenya, Uganda and South Africa revealed that male ...
The Circumcision Debate: Is the Procedure Necessary?
By David Sessions - Politics DailyPublic health officials announced this week that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention might advise circumcision for all baby boys in the U.S. as protection against sexually transmitted diseases. The formal recommendation will be released later this year, but hints at its contents have already inflamed critics of the procedure, who say it is unnecessary and forces surgery on boys without their consent. ...
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